In The End of Time, Peter Mettler displays his signature curious, roving gaze of an artist who has learned to believe his own eyes.
Keep ReadingHighlights of TIFF 2011 include docs by Jonathan Demme, Wim Wenders, Davis Guggenheim, Werner Herzog, Ron Fricke, Frederick Wiseman and Cameron Crowe.
Keep ReadingSurviving Progress opens with an arresting series of images: a pair of chimpanzees puzzling over the correct placement of two wooden blocks in a white-walled laboratory.
Keep ReadingCanadian films in the past had been well represented at TIFF. This year? Save for Surviving Progress and Pink Ribbons Inc., they will be shockingly hard to find.
Keep ReadingHighlights from the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) include Frederick Wiseman, Morgan Spurlock, Davis Guggenheim, and Kim Longinotto.
Keep ReadingWhat do John Greyson, Naomi Klein and others hope to accomplish through a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions? Gulkin presents her P.O.V.
Keep ReadingHow the Toronto International Film Festival serves education and cinephilia through programs like the TIFF Cinematheque and Film Reference Library.
Keep ReadingWith Carcasses, Denis Côté has gone even further afield, although his hand has never been surer.
Keep ReadingI discovered the first lesson of TIFF: not only can you not see everything, you cannot be interested in everything or you will go insane.
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