Review: ‘Our Last Tango’
Great performers create art that enriches our lives. So do documentarians like Kral, who tell real-life stories like Our Last Tango
Review: ‘Noma: My Perfect Storm’
Go for the food, but stay for a warm meal that reminds moviegoers to enjoy the local riches at films like Noma
DocLit: John Walker’s Passage
Darrell Varga’s book John Walker’s Passage is essentially an auteurist study of the filmmaker himself, bound up with an in-depth analysis of his 2008 hybrid film.
TIFF Review: ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’
Kent Jones' Hitchcock/Truffaut features a who's who of great directors in conversation about two titans of classic cinema.
TIFF Review: ‘Where to Invade Next’
The game in Where to Invade Next is simple: show Americans how much the myth of the American dream fails them.
TIFF Review: ‘The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble’
In The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Morgan Neville captures the universal power of music with a global scope.
TIFF Review: ‘Al Purdy Was Here’
Al Purdy Was Here invites audiences to book a stay at the Quinte Hotel as Purdy’s poetry motivates a stirring discussion of Canadiana.
TIFF Review: Canadian Short Docs
Review of the TIFF short docs Bacon and God's Wrath, Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, Mobilize, Mia, and Rock the Box.
TIFF Review: ‘He Named Me Malala’
Malala Yousafzai says, “One teacher, one student, one book, and one pen can change the world.” But can one documentary?
TIFF Review: ‘Miss Sharon Jones!’
Miss Sharon Jones! USA, 93 min. Dir. Barbara Kopple Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Barbara Kopple has the distinct honour of being one of three filmmakers in the class of TIFF 2015 who premiered a film at the Festival’s inaugural edition forty years ago. (The others are Wim Wenders and Chantal Akerman.) Kopple’s Harlan County, USA debuted at the then Festival of Festivals in 1976 before going on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and solidifying its place in the canon of great documentaries. (It screens free at this year’s festival.) Kopple’s latest effort Miss Sharon Jones!