TIFF Review: ‘City Dream’

City Dream (China, 100 min) Dir. Weijun Chen Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (World Premiere) It doesn’t seem to matter whether a system is capitalist or communist. The consequential things remain the same. Weijun Chen’s latest

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TIFF Review: ‘Ibrahim: A Fate to Define’

Ibrahim: A Fate to Define (Denmark/Lebanon/Qatar/Slovenia/Palestine, 110 min.) Dir. Lina Al-Abed Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (World Premiere) We’ve seen films likeΒ Ibrahim: A Fate to DefineΒ before, the ones where family members find out muchβ€”sometimes too muchβ€”about

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TIFF Review: ‘Paris Stalingrad’

Paris Stalingrad (France, 86 min.) Dir. Hind Meddeb w/Thim Naccache Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (International Premiere) Back in 1960, the filmmaker Jean Rouch, already acclaimed forΒ Moi, un Noir, his genre-busting semi-fictional documentary shot in Africa’s

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TIFF Review: ‘The Kingmaker’

The Kingmaker (USA, Denmark, 100 min.) Dir. Lauren Greenfield Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (Canadian premiere) Lauren Greenfield has become an award winning documentarian thanks to films likeΒ Generation WealthΒ andΒ The Queen of Versailles, which illustrate the obnoxiousness

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TIFF Review: ‘Cunningham’

Cunningham (US/France/Germany, 93 min) Dir. Alla Kovgan Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (World Premiere) Two-thirds ofΒ CunninghamΒ consists of exquisite dancing choreographed by the iconic American choreographer Merce Cunningham, taking place on sets by the likes of Robert

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