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― Audrey Hepburn
All tagged Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Concrete Cowboy'
Part coming-of-age drama, part eye-opening look at an intriguing subculture and part urban gentrification critique, this film tries to wear a few too many hats when it should just wear a Stetson.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Good Joe Bell'
Mark Wahlberg gives a career-best performance as a father struggling with the intense guilt of failing his son in this biographical drama.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'New Order'
This is the one percent's worst nightmare.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'The Kid Detective'
In case you ever wondering what Encyclopedia Brown would look like as a weathered, embittered middle-aged man, it would look something like this dramedy, noir-mystery.
TIFF 2020 film review: '76 Days'
To watch this unprecedented and raw documentary is to relive the COVID-19 pandemic's traumatic, earliest days.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Beans'
Set against a real-life conflict between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government, this coming-of-age drama is a First Nations story told by First Nations storytellers.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Monday'
If the conventional formula for romance is a meet-cute that leads to romance and ends with a kiss, this romantic drama flips the tried-and-true formula on its head.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Pieces of a Woman'
This heartbreaking drama finds a couple reeling from an insurmountable tragedy.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Inconvenient Indian'
Indigenous history is almost exclusively examined in the total past tense, as if extinct. But this clear-eyed documentary examines what it means to be an Indigenous person living in the modern world.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Nomadland'
With its sweeping cinematography and understated but fierce free-spirit, this subtle and naturalistic drama is a masterpiece of American cinema anchored in a brilliant lead performance and crafted with elegant and humane direction.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'One Night in Miami'
Regina King's feature directorial debut imagines what might have been said behind closed doors when Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown got together.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Holler'
With a head-turning lead performance and a grimly authentic backdrop, this naturalistic drama forces an unflinching spotlight on those the surging stock market left behind.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Shiva Baby'
Imagine the most awkward party you've ever gone to - and this comedy is a thousand times more agonizingly uncomfortable.
2020 Toronto International Film Festival preview: 10 films on my 'must see' list
The unofficial start to Awards Seasons begins with TIFF.
'Radioactive' film review: Bland, transparent Oscar bait bores while ill-serving a legend
This is the pedestrian caliber of biopic that a lazy science teacher or substitute teacher would play for a classroom as a passive lesson on the life of Marie Curie.
Review: Devilishly fun, intense 'Green Room' is a must-see for horror fans
No reason to bury the lede: Patrick Stewart is absolutely chilling as a murderous white supremacist leader in this intense, visceral and unexpectedly funny horror-thriller.
Review: Christopher Plummer masterful, poignant in revenge thriller 'Remember'
While this is a great Christopher Plummer showcase, its predictable arc and methodical pacing undermine what is, at times, a very effective revenge story.
'The New Girlfriend' review: Tale of self discovery defies conventions
A nuanced and thoughtful heart lies at the core of this psychosexual drama - as well as a playful and disarming attitude to this story of self-discovery.
'The Last Five Years' review: Intriguing & bittersweet musical charms
This is a rich tapestry of dreams, love, resentment and all the ups and downs of a doomed relationship.