My favorite thing about watching films at film festivals is the variety. You may watch one that spends two hours...
Read moreWhen you’re watching a film about a Chukotkan whlae hunter, you don’t necessarily expect it to open in a seedy...
Read moreGod bless the French for making so many movies about love. The good kind of love, the bad kind of...
Read moreIn two films I saw today, the protagonist ends up in court, a place for finding the truth and administering...
Read moreOne of the great joys of covering film festivals is the discovery of talents, the sense of being struck by...
Read moreOne of the most hotly anticipated films of this festival season finally premiered today. Written for the screen, directed and...
Read moreBeing a longtime admirer, it’s a particular thrill for me to receive accreditation to cover the Toronto International Film Festival...
Read moreDo we have our Best Picture winner in Telluride or Toronto? Has it already been seen? The last film to...
Read moreKnives Out Sometimes you watch a film that has everything you want in a movie, executed perfectly. Sometimes you see a...
Read moreA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood How does one tell a story about Mister Rogers? Fred Rogers was by all...
Read morePortrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu), the latest film from Celine Sciamma (Girlhood,...
Read moreGreen Book, as predicted by Kris Tapley, has taken the People's Choice Audience Award at Toronto. Runners up were If...
Read moreThe films that were expected to win Toronto did not. Instead, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri instead! I guess we...
Read moreWomen dominate Toronto this year. Among the exemplary performances we’ve seen in the last 10 days: Frances McDormand in “Three...
Read moreIt's been a mere nine years since Lady Gaga burst onto the scene with the release of Just Dance and...
Read moreThis is the second time Vivian Qu has brought a film to the Toronto Film Festival. She was last here in...
Read moreThe Guardian's Peter Bradshaw gives four stars for Glenn Close in The Wife - Close, who has never won an...
Read morePremieres abound on the fourth day of TIFF. Alfonso-Gomez Rejon brought "The Current War" on the red carpet, a drama...
Read moreMademoiselle Paradis opens with a gripping shot of Maria Paradis, a blind musician and composer. Rather than cut away, we...
Read moreIf Telluride has been the place to find the next Best Picture winner, 11 years running now, TIFF has always...
Read more[…] says more than shining a light on them. When Ruth steps up and shoots him, like you said in…
he last won in 1994 (undeservingly, if you ask me... Travolta owned that Oscar)... since then, he's been nominated again…
But Hanks has already won twice and you're still calling him due. If we call everyone we like "due" the…
I loved his Gatsby, must be my favorite film of 2013. I think I’m going to enjoy his Elvis.
Yes, that was also my information and I guess it was you who pointed me to the article where Spike…