Tag: 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival
Video Interview: Kazik Radwanski – Anne at 13,000 ft
Making friends can be easy...unless you happen to be the central character in Radwanskian cinema. In Toronto-based filmmaker Kazik Radwanski's third feature film, we...
Anne at 13,000 Ft. | Review
Cyclo Maladroit: Social Safety Nets Deployed in Radwanski’s Latest
A Canadian agit dramaturgist whose portraits can be described as deeply humanist, in his third feature...
Ema | Review
Dance, Fools, Dance: Larraín Dances to Delirium in Arthouse Soap Opera
Pablo Larraín returns to Chile to dance the body electric in Ema, a masquerade...
The County | Review
The Sorrows of Milk: Hákonarson Returns for More Rural Retribution
Iceland’s Grímur Hákonarson heads to Norma Rae (1979) territory in the agricultural hinterlands with third...
La Llorona | Review
No Woman, No Cry: Bustamante Reconfigures La Llorona as Avenging Equalizer
Though she was recently resurrected as a superficial money grab in this year’s Warner...
The Painted Bird | Review
Cruel Intentions: Marhoul Razes & Repulses in Torturous, Ambitious WWII Saga
Czech actor/director Václav Marhoul mounts a sadistic nightmare of Holocaust horrors via his third...
The Truth | Review
I Remember Mama: Kore-eda Anoints Deneuve as a Diva in Pleasurable Drama
A subtle exercise in the limited reality of both perspective and memory, auteur...
The Audition | Review
A History of Violins: Hoss at a Loss in Weisse’s Careful Character Study
Actor Ina Weisse returns to the director’s chair for the first time...
True History of the Kelly Gang | Review
The Ned Don’t Die: Kurzel Returns to Form with Exploration of Infamous Outlaw
It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s...
The Other Lamb | Review
Lamb Tied to (Mis)Take: Szumowska Gets Culty with English Language Debut
Cults seem to be making something of a comeback in popular film culture, which...
Interview: Filmmaker Andrew Renzi & Subject Hector Barajas – Ready for War
What does it mean to be stuck behind enemy lines? For his third docu feature, Andrew Renzi (Fishtail, The Benefactor, They Fight) adds a...
The Conversation: Top 10 Films of the 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival
Surprises were few and far between at a relatively reserved 2019 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Sans a rather intense interest in...
Devil Between the Legs | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
If Bleak Street Could Talk: Ripstein’s Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf in Sordid Marital Melodrama
Arturo Ripstein, one of Mexico’s most enduring and influential auteurs,...
The Moneychanger | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Money Ain’t for Nothin’: Veiroj Turns to Political Period Caper
A common saying in Montevideo, Uruguay, meant to succinctly condense the city’s appeal and cement...
No.7 Cherry Lane | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Revew
Remembrance of Things Cats: Yonfan Sketches a Rebellious Love Letter in Animated Debut
The multifaceted Yonfan returns to feature filmmaking for the first time in...
The Barefoot Emperor | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Barefoot and Stagnant: Woodworth & Brosens Continue Their Belgian Political Satire
While one doesn’t necessarily have to be readily familiar with the 2016 film King...
The Conversation: 10 Most Anticipated Films – TIFF 2019
Despite its various programming cutbacks over the past several years, TIFF remains an overwhelming buffet of juxtapositions. A marvelous chance to catch up on...
2019 TIFF: Fest Lands World Preems to Cretton, Crowley, Finley, Heller, Kurzel, Iannucci, Waititi & Winterbottom
Confirming what will show at Telluride and Venice, the 2019 edition of the Toronto Intl.Film Festival has managed to land several World Preem and...
The Conversation: Time for TIFF 2019 – Predictions!
The Toronto International Film Festival is set to unspool its latest monolithic program. A major cue to set Oscar season into motion, the line-up...
