TIFF 2019 reviews
TIFF review: There's Something In The Water
Ellen Page and Ian Daniel's documentary about ecological disaster sites near Black and Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia is straightforward and effective Read more
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TIFF review: Waves
The cast, especially Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell, nearly rescue this Oscar-hyped movie from itself Read more
TIFF review: Crazy World
No-budget Midnight Madness closer from Uganda is technically a mess, but it's wild, broad and silly action movie fun Read more
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TIFF review: Just Mercy
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx costar in a predictable legal drama about a lawyer crusading against wrongful convictions Read more
TIFF review: Uncut Gems
The Safdie Brothers-directed thriller starring Adam Sandler as a shady jeweller is wickedly funny Read more
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TIFF review: Guns Akimbo
Silly action extravaganza starring Daniel Radcliffe tries to outdo young Peter Jackson for enthusiastic splatter Read more
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TIFF review: The Burnt Orange Heresy
Film about an art critic enlisted by a collector to interview reclusive legend is the textbook definition of middling arthouse Read more
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TIFF review: Lucy In The Sky
Natalie Portman delivers one of the most moving performances of her career in Legion showrunner Noah Hawley's feature debut Read more
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TIFF review: Saint Maud
Ross Glass's horror film about devotion and belief features a tremendous performance from Morfydd Clark Read more
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TIFF review: The Vigil
Keith Thomas's horror film is full of the usual jump scares and musical stings, but its unique context makes it a worthy Midnight Madness entry Read more
TIFF review: Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach's devastating semi-autobiographical work is one of the best films of the year Read more
TIFF review: Sound Of Metal
Riz Ahmed gets the showcase he deserves as a noise-metal drummer coping with sudden hearing loss Read more
TIFF review: Resin (Harpiks)
Thriller about a family living in self-imposed isolation in a Denmark forest has a coiled, unsettling tension, but the resolution doesn't work Read more
TIFF review: Harriet
Kasi Lemmons-directed biopic gives abolitionist Harriet Tubman the superhero treatment Read more
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TIFF review: Atlantics
Mati Diop's intimate Cannes-winning feature about separated lovers offers a gentle and empathetic view of the migrant crisis Read more
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TIFF review: Martin Eden
Italian director Pietro Marcello's searing and urgent parable zeroes in on the social conditions that give rise to toxic politics Read more
TIFF review: Ford V Ferrari
James Mangold's racetrack version of The Right Stuff never gets out of third gear Read more
TIFF review: Joker
Despite Joaquin Phoenix's performance, this super-serious stand-alone origin story is very expensive and utterly hollow Read more
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TIFF review: The Truth
Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche elevate Hirokazu Kore-eda's sentimental and unsubtle family drama about truth, art and memory Read more
TIFF review: Synchronic
Genre-bending filmmakers' latest is sure to be their most divisive picture yet, but I happily went along for the ride Read more