Amidst the various concerns that inform the films of Turkish-born, US-based artist and filmmaker Nazli Dinçel is a recurring curiosity in touch. Her films are often populated by bodies seen most often in
Keep ReadingOver this evening and the next, staunch filmmaker and author Julian Samuel will have two of his major documentaries screened at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Both take on the subject of libraries: where they’ve been
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"This film tries to project the future, but in doing so, it looks at the past," says Igor Drljača on his documentary The Stone Speakers, which offers an unconventional of Bosnian tourist
Keep ReadingTIFF’s annual Wavelengths programme is one of few opportunities for Torontonians (and Canadians) to see work on the bleeding edge of film aesthetics in such a concentrated burst. It’s also, I would
Keep ReadingThe art and life of Jonas Mekas seamlessly blend together, and viewers have had the privilege to witness this intertwinement for six decades. He was, and is, at the center of the
Keep ReadingSans bruit, les figurants du désert from Collectif MML pays tribute to the actors of Ouarzazate, a cinematic underclass acting out Western fantasies of the Other.
Keep ReadingThe Wild Frontier (L’héroïque lande, la frontière brûle) takes a different approach to representing migrants in ‘the Jungle’.
Keep ReadingFirst things first: Wavelengths, the experimental and avant-garde program curated by Andréa Picard, is pretty clearly the best thing TIFF has going for it. Here, as nowhere else, the celebrity-centric mediocrity of
Keep ReadingBeyond the One (Al di là dell’uno) (Italy/France/Germany Dir. Anna Marziano Programme: Wavelengths (World Premiere) Wavelength regular Anna Marziano’s latest film is 53 minutes long, placing it in the somewhat neglected,
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Denis Côté's A Skin So Soft is a playful and thoughtful hybrid portrait of bodybuilders that considers masculinity from new angles as the muscle men sculpt their bodies with a rigourous regimen
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