TIFF 2018: Winners of the People’s Choice Award and Platform Prize are…
Green Book takes the People’s Choice Award, which still feels like an upset even though we called it as soon as we saw it
Norman Wilner
September 16, 2018
Green Book takes the People’s Choice Award, which still feels like an upset even though we called it as soon as we saw it
Powerful documentary sheds horrific light on slavery and the Thai fishing industry
Bollywood action/comedy/romance screening in the Midnight Madness program is oddly sweet
Why TIFF’s 25th anniversary screening felt as relevant as ever, especially after a summer when Asian-Americans broke through big time in Hollywood
From literary fraudsters to Donald Trump, several movies at this year’s fest engaged with the idea that objective reality is subject to negotiation
Viggo Mortensen/Mahershala Ali road movie/buddy comedy could just end up winning TIFF’s People’s Choice Award
Doc about humankind’s relationship to automatons is not reassuring at all
Our critics’ picks (and pans) for the fest’s closing three days
Hong Sang-soo’s film about an aging poet looks incredible, but his characters are tiring to listen to
SNL’s Sasheer Zamata is a natural as a stand-up comic stuck at a weekend retreat with her ex in Stella Meghie’s refreshing, if uneven, romantic comedy
Henry Dunham’s smart and entertaining debut thriller can’t escape the shadow of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs
Jeremy Saulnier’s Netflix-destined third film looks great, but goes off the rails