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Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia to open TIFF

Posted 6 years ago

We finally know what project will be opening the 45th Toronto International Film Festival this year. TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente announced that the HBO, Spike Lee-directed filmed version of the Broadway-acclaimed David Byrne's American Utopia will be...

TIFF reveals plans for a much different 2020 festival

Posted 6 years ago

Despite there being numerous festival cancellations this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, TIFF announced today that the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is a thing that is definitely happening, and it will take place September 10-19. This...

Review: Bad Education

Posted 6 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's TIFF 2019 coverage.  PLOT: A high school superintendent (Hugh Jackman) and his underlings use their unlimited access to school funds to finance their high-flying lifestyles, but when one of them makes a mistake, the...

Review: Knives Out

Posted 7 years ago

KNIVES OUT originally ran as part of our TIFF 2019 coverage. PLOT: The mysterious death of a superstar author (Christopher Plummer) attracts the attention of a world-famous detective, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who gathers the victim’s greedy relatives and his...

Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Posted 7 years ago

Originally reviewed as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. PLOT: An investigative reporter (Matthew Rhys) is assigned a four hundred word puff piece on beloved children’s TV host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks). Bent on getting behind his cheery facade,...

Review: Ford V Ferrari

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed at TIFF 2019.  PLOT: The year is 1966 and Ford sales are in the toilet. Company VP Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) launches a plan to buy Ferrari, only to be double-crossed at the last minute, leading to permanent...

Review: Motherless Brooklyn

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2019 coverage.  PLOT: A private detective (Edward Norton) with Tourette’s Syndrome, working in 1950’s New York, tries to solve his late mentor’s murder and uncovers a vast conspiracy involving a prominent citizen (Alec...

Review: Dolemite is My Name

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2019 coverage.  PLOT: A struggling comedian/musician, Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) becomes an unlikely sensation when he adopts the swaggering, streetwise persona Dolemite in his act. Eager to capitalize on his sudden fame,...

The Lighthouse (Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Two nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers (Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe) struggle with isolation and begin to lose a grip on their sanity when their promised replacements fail to show up. REVIEW: A24’s been a good studio for star Robert Pattinson...

Review: The Lighthouse

Posted 7 years ago

Previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2019 coverage. PLOT: Two nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers (Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe) struggle with isolation and begin to lose a grip on their sanity when their promised replacements fail to show up. REVIEW:...

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