Whatever Will Be, Will Be: Gina Telaroli’s ‘Here’s to the Future!’ and Kurt Walker’s ‘Hit 2 Pass’
Trying to place a finger on the true pulse of contemporary cinema, one should look no further than a Toronto-based production company....
Ethan Vestby
Beauty and Romanticism in the Films of Maurice Pialat
Ahead of a TIFF retrospective, an exploration of how love exists in the films of Maurice Pialat....
Takashi Miike Discusses His Filmmaking Desires and the Masculinity of ‘Yakuza Apocalypse’
"For me, the audience -- the people who watch the movies -- are the ones who determine what movies are going to be made."...
[TIFF Review] Sunset Song
A tension is formed by a cut, quickly transporting our heroine from an expansive wheat field to a confined classroom. We’re not just talking the difference of 7...
[TIFF Review] Evolution
Near the beginning of Evolution, there’s a shot that hangs underwater, showing a seemingly harmonious aquatic eco-system that's glimpsed just long enough to cre...
[TIFF Review] 88:88
“The only place I feel comfortable is the skatepark and the library.”
What has set cinema back -- both from the perspective of those who make, and those who ...
[TIFF Review] Office
It’s worth noting that there’s probably a certain expectation when hearing the following words “a Johnnie To musical." One thinking his classical formal talents...
[TIFF Review] Journey to the Shore
A 40-year-old Japanese woman, Mizuki (Eri Fukatsu), begins to cook by herself, the audience assuming she’s a single career woman stuck in the middle of her dail...
[TIFF Review] No Home Movie
The presence of a mother is quite clear in Chantal Akerman’s best-known work, whether it be the one communicated back and forth to in News From Home or the titu...
[TIFF Review] Hardcore Henry
As a modern cinephile, there’s the common feeling of being overwhelmed by just how much you have to watch, that even when narrowing the entire history of cinema...
