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Review: Marriage Story (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A stage director (Adam Driver) and his actress wife (Scarlett Johansson) struggle to get through an increasingly hostile divorce. REVIEW: They say write what you know, and certainly writer-director Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY seems to come from an intensely...

Color Out of Space (TIFF 2019 Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A meteorite tumbles to earth bringing with it both psychological and physical changes to people living in the community it contaminates. REVIEW: Richard Stanley is something of a folk hero in the genre community. Following a smashing breakthrough with...

Review: Jojo Rabbit (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: During the final days of World War 2, a young German boy, Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), who’s a fanatical devotee of the Third Reich, to the extent that his imaginary best friend is Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), finds his...

Review: The Goldfinch (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Thirteen year old Theo Decker (Oakes Fegley), loses his mother in a terrorist bombing. After the attack, he winds up in the possession of a priceless painting, The Goldfinch, which becomes his constant companion as he becomes an adult (Ansel...

Review: A Hidden Life (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: An Austrian conscientious objector (August Diehl) is imprisoned in Nazi Germany, while his wife (Valerie Pachner) tries to go on with life without him. REVIEW: It goes without saying the Terrence Malick movies aren’t for everyone. Slow-paced and evocative,...

Parasite (TIFF 2019 Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A family of con artists worms their way into the good graces of a wealthy family. REVIEW: Bong Joon-ho is one of the most original, vibrant voices to emerge from South Korea’s film industry, ever since the creative explosion...

Review: Waves (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A family is torn apart by a senseless act that has dire consequences for all involved. REVIEW: Every film festival, there’s one movie that just gets all up in your guts and won’t let go. I remember once it...

Review: Parasite (TIFF 2019)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A family of con artists worms their way into the good graces of a wealthy family. REVIEW: Bong Joon-ho is one of the most original, vibrant voices to emerge from South Korea’s film industry, ever since the creative explosion...

TIFF 2019 Preview!

Posted 7 years ago

Chris The summer movie season has come and gone and, for me anyways, September always signals the start of the Toronto International Film Festival. This with be my eleventh year visiting the film festival, and each year is jam-packed with...

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