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,...