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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Ali & Ava – “Satisfyingly sweet while never becoming overly sentimental”
Films about the working class, while increasing in number, are still not the norm, and romance films even less so. It’s therefore refreshing to see writer-director Clio Barnard (The Selfish Giant, Dark River) bring Ali & Ava to life, a realistic depiction of love in the face of many obstacles. Ali (Adeel Akhtar) is a personable and affable man as well as a landlord in the city of Bradford. He...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: One Second – “A charming tribute to cinema”
A Chinese labour camp prisoner escapes in order to see newsreel footage of his estranged daughter. A mysterious man appears in a surreal sand dune sculpted landscape and makes his way to a desolate town where he has arrived too late to watch a screening of Heroic Sons and Daughters. There is an opportunity to attend a second showing at a different town but this is put in jeopardy when one of the film...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Terrorizers – “Every frame is carefully composed and beautifully lit”
The cause and effect of a disturbed Ming Liang (Austin Lin) committing a slashing attack in public is explored through his interactions with a group of disillusioned youths. Divided into chapters titles named after each of the main characters, with the pivotal incident being Ming Liang (Austin Lin) attempting to slash his ex-girlfriend in public. Filmmaker Ho Wi Ding weaves together the various narratives...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night “Make no mistake, it is bleak, but it’s also funny”
Prior to the start of Camille Griffin’s Silent Night, the writer-directors feature debut, she had this to say: “I believe as the world becomes more fragile, society becomes more divided between those that do, and those that don’t give a damn about one another.” While this film was apparently written in the time before COVID, it is impossible not to draw parallels between this...
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Read MoreAward Winners Unveiled at TIFF 2021
Some of the star wattage returned for the 46th Toronto International Film Festival which had exclusive in-person screenings along with virtual offerings and celebrities such as Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch and Denis Villeneuve make appearances at the TIFF Tribute Awards. In total, almost 4000 industry and press professionals watched 105 market screenings either from Toronto or abroad. ...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Angakusajaujuq – The Shaman’s Apprentice
A young shaman descends into the underworld with her mentor in an effort to cure a mysteriously ill community member. When a shaman is unable to learn from her patient what was the cultural taboo he has committed to bring forth his deadly illness, she embarks with her apprentice into the underworld to find the answer herself. The journey is a heightened reality filled with ghostly skeletons, a giant wolf...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: The Mad Women’s Ball – “Haunting and beautiful”
In 1885, Victor Hugo died. He was revered in France, and around the world for that matter, for his work. He was also a man who participated in many séances, communicating with the spirit world, mostly in an attempt to reach his deceased daughter. It is, therefore, no coincidence that Mélanie Laurent’s newest film, The Mad Women’s Ball, opens with the protagonist, Eugénie (Lou de Laâge)...
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Read MoreTIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night
On the eve of the world coming to the end a group of friends come together to fulfill a suicide pact. Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode) are preparing to have a dinner party assisted by their son Art (Roman Griffin Davis). The mix of alcohol and stressful circumstances result in a number of revealed secrets and emotional insecurities that threaten to derail the final hurrah. A global...
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