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Review: Papillon (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Henri Charriere (Charlie Hunnam) and his life as an inmate on Devil’s Island, where he meets fellow prisoner Louis Dega (Rami Malek) and plans an escape. REVIEW: PAPILLON is a remake of Franklin J. Schaffner’s...

Review: Suburbicon (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The seamy underbelly of a 1950’s suburban community is unearthed when a home invasion has deadly consequences for a local dad (Matt Damon), his sister-in-law (Julianne Moore) and son. REVIEW: I’ll give SUBRBICON this – it made for a...

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (TIFF Review)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A cardiac surgeon (Colin Farrell) sparks up a friendship with the teen-aged son (Barry Keoghan) of a former patient who died under his watch. Soon, the boy begins ingratiating himself into the doctor’s home life, only to make a...

Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (TIFF2017)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A cardiac surgeon (Colin Farrell) sparks up a friendship with the teen-aged son (Barry Keoghan) of a former patient who died under his watch. Soon, the boy begins ingratiating himself into the doctor’s home life, only to make a...

Review: Borg/McEnroe (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: On the eve of the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, Swedish champ Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) faces the prospect of not being able to achieve his fifth straight win when pitted against rising American tennis champ John McEnroe (Shia LeBeouf). REVIEW:...

TV Review: The Deuce (TIFF 2017)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: The legitimization of New York’s sex industry, seen through the eyes of a Time Square barman (James Franco), an independent prostitute (Maggie Gyllenhaal), an honest beat cop (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) and a variety of pimps, streetwalkers, pornographers and gangsters....

Our 10 most anticipated TIFF movies!

Posted 9 years ago

I can’t believe it’s already TIFF time. Last year’s crop of films, which included NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, LA LA LAND and MOONLIGHT still feel so fresh in my head, but yes, it’s actually been a year since they...

Louis C.K. directed a movie in secret & it will debut at TIFF this year

Posted 9 years ago

With almost every film subject to high levels of exposure before the cameras start rolling all the way up to their release, it seems impossible to make a whole movie and keep it a secret from the world. Turns out...

Review: The Promise

Posted 9 years ago

THE PROMISE was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage.  PLOT: In the final days of the Ottoman Empire, an Armenian medical student (Oscar Isaac) falls in-love with a French-educated Armenian woman (Charlotte Le Bon) who’s the mistress...

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