TIFF

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  TIFF Review: 'Wild Rose' Is a Tear-in-Your-Beer Tale of Country Music in Glasgow

  Directed by Tom Harper

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  Following your dreams is overrated. Western countries love to pretend to be meritocratic, and the American Dream is based on the fantasy th...

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  TIFF Review: 'Diamantino' Is a Surreal Political Soccer Satire

  Directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  A weirder, queerer, more Europop Zoolander, Diamantino floats in on a cloud of campy 16mm film to tackle hot-button issues like the Europea...

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  TIFF Review: 'Giant Little Ones' Packs Huge Issues Into a Little Story

  Directed by Keith Behrman

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  When Franky (Josh Wiggins) hooks up with his best friend at his 17th birthday party, new pressures are introduced into his life. Beyond cha...

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  TIFF Review: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Is Another Triumph For Barry Jenkins

  Directed by Barry Jenkins

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018

  Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is about to break our hearts all over again with another gripping tale of black love. Adapting James Baldw...

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  TIFF Review: 'Woman at War' Is an Idiosyncratic Instant Classic

  Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2018

  This delightfully fresh film from Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson covers a lot of ground in its 100 minutes. The film follows choir...

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  TIFF Review: 'Cold War' Is Pawel Pawlikowski's Deeply Personal 'Ida' Followup

  Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2018

  Pawel Pawlikowski's first film after Ida won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Cold War is a visually stunning love story loosely b...

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  TIFF Review: 'Before the Frost' Sees Winter Coming for 19th Century Danish Farmers

  Directed by Michael Noer

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2018

  Before the Frost, the TIFF-selected film from the filmmaker behind the recent Papillon remake, finds a place and time when where you're sea...

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  TIFF Review: 'The Grizzlies' Tells A Tale Too Familiar

  Directed by Miranda de Pencier

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2018

  While Canada is lacking in films that centre Indigenous communities, The Grizzlies is a story you've seen before. Russ, a young white man,...