Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Germany/France, 99 min.) Dir. Margarethe von Trotta Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) Few filmmakers have an aesthetic that is now synonymous with their names. A film is “Bergmanesque” if
Keep ReadingFahrenheit 11/9 (USA, 120 min.) Dir. Michael Moore Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere – Opening Night) On November 8, 2016 I made a poorly received joke to a colleague that watching the TV news
Keep ReadingBirds of Passage (Colombia/Denmark/Mexico/France, 125 min.) Dir. Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra Programme: Contemporary World Cinema (Canadian Premiere) It feels as if we’re in the middle of a new revolution in Latin American
Keep ReadingHeartbound (Hjertelandet) (Denmark/Netherlands/Sweden, 90 min.) Dir. Janus Metz, Sine Plambech Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) What are the borders of love? Heartbound offers a different kind of love story as it observes the marriages in the sparsely
Keep ReadingWalking on Water (Italy/USA, 105 min.) Dir. Andrey Paounov Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) Get a new peak behind the curtain of a genius’s artistic process in Walking on Water. This film by Bulgarian director
Keep ReadingThis year at TIFF, short documentaries take on the personal as political, looking to how big issues impact individuals. From optimism to pessimism, calls to arms and pointed critiques, these films offer
Keep ReadingRay & Liz (UK, 108 min.) Dir. Richard Billingham By Daniel Glassman Richard Billingham made his name as a photographer just over twenty years ago with Ray’s A Laugh, an exhibition and photobook
Keep ReadingLong Day’s Journey Into Night (China/France, 140 min.) Dir. Bi Gan It’s over fifty years since Susan Sontag in Against Interpretation admonished critics to supplant hermeneutics with erotics—to attend to surfaces instead
Keep ReadingLes Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Canada, 97 min.) Written and directed by Renée Beaulieu Starring: Brigitte Poupart, Nathalie Cavezzali, Vincent Leclerc, Pierre Kwenders, Romane Denis Programme: Contemporary World
Keep ReadingGraves Without A Name (France/Cambodia, 115 min.) Dir. Rithy Panh Programme: TIFF Docs (Canadian Premiere) Rithy Panh’s cinematic excavation of the Cambodian genocide is well into its third decade, and at least its fifth
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