TIFF
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TIFF 2014: Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
In Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, the title character (played by co-director Ronit Elkabetz) spends 5 years...
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TIFF 2014: The Look of Silence
After making The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer goes back to the same subject matter for his follow-up...
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TIFF 2014: While We’re Young
Two years ago Noah Baumbach charmed Toronto audiences with Frances Ha, although fans of the whimsical free-form narrative...
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Viggo Mortenson Shows Off His Linguistic Skills in Venice/TIFF Film ‘Far From Men’
At the precipice of the Algerian War between France and Algerian independence fighters, a reserve soldier for the...
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TIFF 2014: Whiplash
Whiplash has been one of the biggest hits on the festival circuit so far this year, getting rave...
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TIFF 2014: Cub
Jonas Govaerts’ Cub feels all too familiar, a significant problem given its promising concept and imagery. On a...
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TIFF 2014: Goodnight Mommy
Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz (wife of auteur Ulrich Seidl) and Severin Fiala first present Goodnight Mommy as a...
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Still the Water (TIFF Review)
At one point during Still the Water, a character says one has to “keep a humble attitude towards...
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TIFF 2014: Two Shots Fired
Two Shots Fired opens with teenager Mariano (Rafael Federman) dancing at a nightclub, going home, doing the chores...
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TIFF 2014: Hill of Freedom
Hong Sang-soo has made yet another film (his 16th one, to be exact), and for those aware of...
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TIFF 2014: Fires on the Plain
Shinya Tsukamoto tackles Shohei Ooka’s 1951 novel in Fires on the Plain, a graphic, borderline-exploitative take on the...
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TIFF 2014: Hungry Hearts
The opening scene of Saverio Costanzo’s first English language film Hungry Hearts defines the meaning of situational irony....
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TIFF 2014: The Keeping Room
Set in the American South in 1865, two rogue Union soldiers (Sam Worthington and Kyle Soller) scout and...
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TIFF 2014: 1001 Grams
Prominent Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer returns to the festival in the Masters program with his latest film 1001...
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Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait (TIFF Review)
As Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait opens, a title card claims “1,001 Syrians” helped make the film. The reason...