SOLID BETS
Martin Eden
Pietro Marcello’s searing, stylish adaptation of Jack London’s 1909 novel deals with poverty, capitalism and libertarian ideas. See review.
Sep 11, 6 pm, TIFF 1 Sep 12, 6 pm, TIFF 4 Sep 14, 9:15 am, TIFF 4
37 Seconds
Japanese director Hikari’s Berlinale Audience Award-winner is an insightful and moving look at a young disabled artist’s coming of age. See review.
Sep 11, 3 pm, TIFF 3 Sep 12, 9 pm, TIFF 3 Sep 14, 6 pm, TIFF 3.
A Hidden Life
Auteur Terrence Malick’s meditation on life, faith and dignity is his strongest film since The Tree Of Life. See review.
Sep 11, 2:30 pm, Scotiabank 4 Sep 13, 3 pm, Scotiabank 1 Sep 14, 9 am, Scotiabank 2
WILD CARDS
The Painted Bird
When this nearly three-hour adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s infamous Holocaust novel played the Venice International Film Festival last week, some audience members fled the theatre, calling it a brutal tour through hell. But it also won a prize at the fest, albeit a minor one. Sounds polarizing to us.
Sep 11, 9:30 pm, TIFF 1 Sep 13, 5 pm, Scotiabank 8 Sep 14, 9 pm, Scotiabank 11
The Aeronauts
The Theory Of Everything co-stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reunite for this film about a 19th-century meteorologist and a hot-air balloonist attempting to make scientific discoveries.
DIDN’T LOVE IT
About Endlessness
Swede Roy Andersson’s latest arthouse film is thinly sketched and not especially insightful. See review.
Sep 11, 9:45 pm, Scotiabank 2 Sep 14, 6:45 pm, Scotiabank 3 Sep 15, 9:30 pm, Scotiabank 13.
The Goldfinch
This adaptation of Donna Tartt’s bestseller has been getting terrible reviews. It also opens theatrically this weekend, so you could see it then and save a few bucks. See review.
Sep 11, 2:45 pm, Scotiabank 2
