SOLID BETS
143 Sahara Street
Director Hassen Ferhani’s Wavelengths doc profiles a quietly radical woman who lives alone in a roadside cafe in the Sahara Desert. See review.
Sep 8, 3:45 pm, TIFF 4 Sep 9, 4:15 pm, Scotiabank 7 Sep 14, 6:15 pm, AGO.
The Audition
Nina Hoss plays a high-strung violin teacher in Ina Weisse’s absorbing psychological drama set in the Berlin music world. See review.
Sep 8, 3:15 pm, TIFF 3 Sep 10, 5:45 pm, Scotiabank 8 Sep 13, 5:30 pm, Scotiabank 9.
The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s complex film about a brief encounter between two Indigenous women plays like an opening scene stretched out in real-time to cover the film’s entire duration. See review.
Sep 8, 7 pm, Scotiabank 13 Sep 10, 4:15 pm, Scotiabank 11
Coming Home Again
Wayne Wang adapts Lee Chang-rae’s essay about losing his mother to cancer into a small, poignant study of filial dedication, difficult relationships, and the Korean-American experience.
Sep 8, 4:15 pm, Scotiabank 3 Sep 12, 2:30 pm, Scotiabank 3.
Kuessipan
Myriam Verreault’s coming-of-age drama, set on an Innu reservation in Quebec, is quietly moving. See review.
Sep 8, 9:15 pm, Scotiabank 10 Sep 10, 8:30 pm, AGO Sep 14, 2:45 pm, Scotiabank 6.
WILD CARDS
Greed
Prolific British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom reunites with Steve Coogan, who plays a retail billionaire in this fashion-industry satire.
Sep 8, 3 pm, Scotiabank 1 Sep 15, 3 pm, TIFF 1.
Liberté
Albert Serra follows his cult arthouse film The Death Of Louis XIV with another period piece about aristocrats who go cruising in the woods.
Sep 8, 6:15 pm, AGO Sep 10, 9:15 pm, TIFF 4 Sep 14, 9 pm, AGO.
JoJo Rabbit
Taika Waititi’s World War II-era comedy about a German boy who discovers his mom his hiding a Jewish girl in the attic is one of the fest’s hottest tickets.
Sep 8, 9:30 pm, Princess of Wales Sep 9, 10 am, Elgin Sep 13, 9:30 pm, Winter Garden.
Saturday Fiction
Gong Li is winning rave reviews for her turn in Lou Ye’s black-and-white thriller, which is set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai circa 1941.
Sep 8, 1:30 pm, Scotiabank 4 Sep 14, 12:15 pm, Scotiabank 3.
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