Tag: 2013 Toronto Int. Film Festival
Tom at the Farm | Review
I Need a Lover with a Farm Hand: Dolan’s Latest a Filet of Self Loathing
For his fourth feature, Xavier Dolan adapts the material of...
R100 | Review
Joy Pain Club: Matsumoto’s Latest Insistent Weirdness Uneven
After his delightful if belabored 2007 debut Big Man Japan put him on the map, director Hitoshi...
A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness | Review
The Brothers Ben Find Supernal Solace On The Fringe
There are creative collaborations and there are perfect unions. The newly born cinematic relationship between experimental...
The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears | Review
A Woman in Trouble and a Man in Need: Forzani & Cattet Return Prove a Force to Reckon With
Directing duo Helene Cattet and Bruno...
Abuse of Weakness | Review
My Afternoon With Maud’s Money: Breillat’s Most Personal Film Showcases Huppert
Catherine Breillat leaves behind the series of Grimm’s fairy tales she was adapting and...
All Cheerleaders Die | Review
Sapphic Sillies: Sivertson & McKee’s Latest Lacks Spirit
Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, old college friends and now notably notorious film directors (though for different...
Burt’s Buzz | Review
Shapiro Follows Honey Trail; Enigmatic Shavitz is the Bee's Knees
The bearded-face of Burt’s Bees, a pioneering company in the commodification of “all-natural” personal care,...
For No Good Reason | Review
Paul Has Precision But Less Purpose Than Steadman
Anyone familiar with Hunter S. Thompson surely knows the work of his gonzo visual counterpart, Ralph Steadman....
Proxy | Review
Lady Liars and Psycho-sexual Thrills; Zach Parker's Proxy is a Rocky Ride
Countless blockbusters have used and abused the idea of doppelgängers and surrogates, but...
Ilo Ilo | Review
Singapore Slump: Economics Brushed Aside in Chen's Gem Debut
In his autobiographical debut Ilo Ilo, young Singaporean helmer Anthony Chen delivers a beautifully simple story...
Under the Skin | Review
Female Perversion: Glazer’s Latest a Strange, Hypnotic Exploration of the Body Feminine
It’s been over a decade now since Jonathan Glazer’s exciting and strange sophomore...
The Wind Rises | Review
Miyazaki’s Swan Song A Somber Flight Of Fancy
Earlier this month, legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki, writer and director of such masterpieces as Spirited Away, Castle...
The Last of the Unjust | Review
Return to the Void: Lanzmann Resurrects Murmelstein
Claude Lanzmann’s unfathomable devotion to exposing the truths of the Holocaust is incomparable in the history of cinema....
Visitors | Review
Reggio Looks Into The Eyes Of The Audience
Steven Soderbergh was right when he said at the premiere of the film, a hundred people could watch...
August: Osage County | Review
Suffer the Children: Wells' Adaptation Enjoyable Camp, Hinges on Grandiose Performances
When something sounds too good to be true, it often is, and while John...
The Invisible Woman | Review
In Plain Sight: Great Expectations for Fiennes' Sophomore Effort
After his brash, testosterone-fueled directorial debut Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes fares far better with the quieter, chest-heaving illicit...
Tim’s Vermeer | Review
Teller Makes Watching Jenison's Paint Dry Fun
Tim Jenison is not a painter. In fact, he lies on the opposite end of the spectrum of...
How I Live Now | Review
There's No Place Like Home; Macdonald Pulled By Too Many Strings
This polished as his docu-work, Kevin Macdonald's fourth fiction feature is a little bit...
Dallas Buyers Club | Review
AZT & Sympathy: Vallee’s Drama Banks on Unforgettable Performances
Cinematic portrayals of the onset of the AIDS crises have always been a bit nipped and...
12 Years a Slave | Review
Reliving Dehumanization: McQueen Lenses Masterpiece of Repressed American History
For Steve McQueen, filmmaking has been a hard edged exercise in emotional archeology, burrowing into the...
Gravity | Review
Alfonso Aims For Stars: Breaks Cinematic Barriers
A Little Princess now seems light years away, but let go of the groundbreaking visual wonder that skyrockets...
Night Moves | 2013 TIFF Review
Caring & Killing: Reichardt Attempts Eco-Thriller
There is a lovable minimalism about the films of Kelly Reichardt, a sense of environmental awareness and personal disorientation...
I’m the same I’m an other | 2013 TIFF Review
Journey to the West Side: The Heartbreaking Work of Sensitive Genius
Lost Persons Area premiered at Cannes as the first in an unfinished trilogy from...
The Future is Now: Top 20 New Faces from TIFF 2013
Now that the dust has settled and the behemoth TIFF is in our rear-view mirror, the IONCINEMA.com team are comparing notes, grading films and...
Toronto Pubic Speaks; 12 Years a Slave Claims Top Prize at TIFF 2013
Such as the case back in 2008 with Slumdog Millionaire, Fox Searchlight have a hit on their hands and if all goes according to...
iNumber Number | 2013 TIFF Review
I Think I Got Yours: Marsh’s Latest a Simple Heist Thriller
Considering its locale, its budget, and enjoyably committed performances, South African filmmaker Donovan Marsh’s...
The Station | 2013 TIFF Review
Copy Creature: Kren’s Sophomore Feature a Hybrid Derivative
Following his Berlin set zombie debut Rammbock, Austrian director Marvin Kren returns with The Station, an eco-horror-ish...
Break Loose | 2013 TIFF Review
Loose Caboose: Uchitel’s Latest Clings to Convention
Russian director Alexey Uchitel returns with Break Loose, a romantically tinged period piece crime drama that’s nicely packaged,...
Fat | 2013 TIFF Review
The Unbearable Heaviness of Mark Phinney and His Feature Debut
The struggle of “living large” is an exhausted subject of reality television, but truly tapping...
Mystery Road | 2013 TIFF Review
Lost Highway: Sen Returns With Racially Charged Thriller
Celebrated Australian director Ivan Sen returns with his fourth feature, Mystery Road, a brooding murder mystery set...
Attila Marcel | 2013 TIFF Review
Keaton-esque Amelie (or Whimsical Pianist)
French director Sylvain Chomet has delighted audiences with his droll animated films The Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist, earning...
Trap Street | 2013 TIFF Review
Trap of the Human Heart: Qu’s Debut a Sinister Slow Boil
Boy spies beautiful girl while engaged in rote work activities. Boy becomes fascinated with...
Heart of a Lion | 2013 TIFF Review
Finding Out True Love Is Blind: Karukoski’s Latest Tackles Vehement Racial Tensions
Rising Finnish director Dome Karukoski follows up his hit 2010 comedy Lapland Odyssey...
A Story of Children and Film | 2013 TIFF Review
Youth In Revolt (and More): Cousins Channels Marker
It should be no question that Mark Cousins’ vast knowledge of film history is integral to his...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Caroline Strubbe’s I’m the same I’m an other
I'm the same I'm an other - Caroline Strubbe
Section: Wavelengths
Dates: Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Belgium might be best known for their brewing...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Corneliu Porumboiu’s When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism - Corneliu Porumboiu
Section: Contemporary World Cinema
Dates: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: Filling our fix for auteur-driven...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Wang Bing’s Til Madness Do Us Part
Til Madness Do Us Part - Wang Bing
Section: Wavelengths
Dates: Saturday 7th, Monday 9th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: Outside of film programmers I don't know of many...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Errol Morris’ The Unknown Known
The Unknown Known - Errol Morris
Section: TIFF Docs
Dates: Sunday 8th, Tuesday 10th
Buzz: Following the Telluride-Venice-Toronto trajectory, it's perhaps the turn-off subject of the film...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin - Jeremy Saulnier
Section: Vanguard
Dates: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th
Buzz: We've yet to see Jeremy Saulnier's 2008 debut film (Murder Party), but we're guessing...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Alexandre Aja’s Horns
Horns - Alexandre Aja
Section: Vanguard
Dates: Friday 6th, Sunday 8th
Buzz: Parisian "Splat Pack" director Alexandre Aja is well-recognized by gore hungry cineastes and mainstream filmgoers...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Teller’s Tim’s Vermeer
Tim's Vermeer - Teller
Section: TIFF Docs
Dates: Thursday 5th, Friday 6th
Buzz: Teller is known to household audiences worldwide as the silent half of the magician...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Yuval Adler’s Bethlehem
Bethlehem - Yuval Adler
Section: Discovery
Dates: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: While a novice at directing (this is his first feature), Yuval Adler's rumoured...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Penny Panayotopoulou’s September
September - Penny Panayotopoulou
Section: City to City
Dates: Sunday 8th, Monday 9th
Buzz: Penny Panayotopoulou’s debut film Hard Goodbyes: My Father was warmly received at TIFF...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Menno Meyjes’ The Dinner
Title - Filmmaker
Section: Contemporary World Cinema
Times: Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: Best known to North American audiences as the screenwriter of Spielberg faves...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Charlie Siskel & John Maloof’s Finding Vivian Maier
Charlie Siskel & John Maloof's Finding Vivian Maier
Section: TIFF Docs
Dates: Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th
Buzz: In the case of Finding Vivian Maier, pedigree is not...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Stephen Brown’s The Sea
Stephen Brown - The Sea
Section: Contemporary World Cinema
Dates: Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Friday 13th
Buzz: While The Sea marks the directorial debut of Stephen Brown,...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Lisa Langseth’s Hotell
Hotell - Lisa Langseth
Section: Contemporary World Cinema
Dates: Friday 6th, Sunday 8th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: For her feature debut Pure (2009), Lisa Langseth was awarded the...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Christoffer Boe’s Sex Drugs & Taxation
Christoffer Boe - Sex Drugs & Taxation
Section: Vanguard
Dates: Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Friday 13th
Buzz: Originally titled Spies & Gilstrup, Danish filmmaker Christoffer Boe has...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Philipp Gröning’s The Police Officer’s Wife
Philipp Gröning's The Police Officer’s Wife
Section: Wavelengths
Dates: Tuesday 10, Thursday 12, Saturday 14
Buzz: Despite early sour reactions from across the pond, Philip Gröning’s latest...
Top 20 Alternative Picks for TIFF 2013: Marcel Ophüls’ Ain’t Misbehavin’
Ain’t Misbehavin' - Marcel Ophüls
Section: TIFF Docs
Dates: Tuesday 10th, Thursday 12th, Sunday 15th
Buzz: The freewheeling memoir Ain’t Misbehavin’ (titled Un Voyageur in French) screened...
