Reviews

[TIFF Review] Stop the Pounding Heart

Texas possesses a uniquely American mystique defined by guns, shoot-from-the-hip politics, and a still wild frontier. The country and its proud people must seem...

[TIFF Review] Begin Again

To answer the title's question—Can a Song Save Your Life?—writer/director John Carney says "yes." A song can save someone from jumping off a subway platform and...

[TIFF Review] The Double

Comically dry like director Richard Ayoade's debut, Submarine, his sophomore effort takes more than a few steps towards an even more arid realm of complete exis...

[TIFF Review] What If

There is something relatable to the awkwardly genuine smiles of two introverts connecting with an acquired humor, made funnier by the fact everyone around them ...

[TIFF Review] All Is By My Side

On paper, a biopic of Jimi Hendrix without the rights to his music seems like a complete waste of time. Even with John Ridley's All Is by My Side detailing the ...

[TIFF Review] Abuse of Weakness

The draw of Catherine Breillat's newest, autobiographical film, Abuse of Weakness (known as Abus de faiblesse in its native tongue), is ultimately to watch how ...

[TIFF Review] Asphalt Watches

I'm not one to condone illicit drug use, but you might want to take something if it's available before sitting down to watch Asphalt Watches, since its animated...

[TIFF Review] 12 Years a Slave

As the end credits rolled during TIFF's first press and industry screening of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, a peculiar thing occurred: very few people moved...

[TIFF Review] Dallas Buyers Club

How do you stretch having thirty days left to live into seven years? You put in the work. Ron Woodroff (Matthew McConaughey) didn’t journey towards opening up t...