This empathetic documentary examines the life and significance of a musician living as a transgender pioneer hiding in plain sight.
“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
All tagged TIFF 2020
AFI FEST film review: '40 Years a Prisoner'
What really happened during a deadly 1978 siege that captivated a city and sent several Black activists to prison?
AFI FEST film review: 'The Father'
This heartbreaking descent into dementia, anchored by arguably the best performance of the year, plays out like a low-key psychological horror.
AFI FEST film review: 'Under the Open Sky'
A wary career criminal struggles against a society that rejects him for his past, while resisting the temptation to slip into his old ways.
AFI FEST film review: 'Wolfwalkers'
A young girl finds herself pulled between two worlds in this beautifully animated and heartfelt Irish folk tale.
AFI FEST film review: 'Should the Wind Drop'
The hope of an ignored region in a forgotten part of the world hinges on one man and one airport in this French-Armenian drama.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'American Utopia'
This theatrical concert film marries David Byrne's music with subversive performance art as it envisions a hopeful tomorrow.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Passion Simple'
A single mother keeps romantic love at arm's length, even if her ephemeral trysts slowly preoccupies more and more of her life.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Another Round'
The director and the star of the searing drama 'The Hunt' reunite for this alcohol-soaked Danish drama.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'The Way I See It'
In creating the portrait of a statesman, this documentary informs what a statesman, leader and American president should look like.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Shadow in the Cloud'
This rollicking action-thriller combines the horror of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with the mayhem of a World War II-era dog fight gone wrong.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Enemies of the State'
Unfolding like a crime mystery, this documentary takes bizarre turn after bizarre turn as it tells the story of man targeted by the U.S. government.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds'
Werner Herzog’s latest explores how alien objects have shaped human culture, science and mythology for millions and billions of years.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Underplayed'
Think fast: name the first 5 female electronic dance music artist that come to mind.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'City Hall'
Save yourself 4 and a half hours and just watch your local city council meeting.
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.