reviews
TIFF 2024: 'Rumours' Brings a Uniquely Canadian Sensibility to Political Satire
Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
Canadian humour exists on a unique plane from the rest of the world. It's a type of comedy that's hard to describe — not quite British, not...
TIFF 2024: 'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic
Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...
TIFF 2024: 'Riff Raff' Is a TIFF Laff
Directed by Dito Montiel
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2024
'Riff Raff' is a masterwork of typecasting: there's Jennifer Coolidge as a sloppy drunk, Ed Harris as a gruff patriarch who balances caring...
TIFF 2024: 'Nightbitch' Has Both Bark and Bite
Directed by Marielle Heller
PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2024
Of all the human experiences, motherhood is a particularly visceral. There's childbirth, of course, but then there are the the struggles...
TIFF 2024: 'Shook' Tells a Different Sort of Scarborough Story
Directed by Amar Wala
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024
Movies set in Scarborough tend to show the beauty of the area through its grit and the trauma that follows. While there's certainly a need...
TIFF 2024: 'The Life of Chuck' Is a Self-Serious Bore
Directed by Mike Flanagan
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with saccharine sentimentality and ponderous monologues about the meaning of life. The...
TIFF 2024: Anderson .Paak's Star Power Makes 'K-Pops' Pop
Directed by Anderson .Paak
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024
Anderson .Paak is hardly the first musician to sidestep from music to movies, but his filmography to date is extremely thin, mostly...
TIFF 2024: 'We Live in Time' Offers a 365-Degree Look at Love
Directed by John Crowley
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024
Often, love stories caught on film present an account of either the beginning of a relationship (concluding with a loving embrace and the p...
