#TIFF22: “WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY”
By David Baldwin
Al Yankovic’s (Daniel Radcliffe – yes, him) ambition in life is to make parody songs scored to the beat and style of existing hits. Fame will not come easy for Al though, and neither will the drugs, alcohol and excess that come with it.
If you know anything about Yankovic’s history as a performer, forget all of it before you sit down to watch WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY. Rather than being a conventional biopic that goes through the tumultuous ups and downs of a ...
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#TIFF22: “THE SON”
By David Baldwin
Peter (Hugh Jackman) has it all. He is a big shot attorney being courted by D.C. for a Senator’s election bid and his new wife Beth (Vanessa Kirby) has just given birth to a beautiful baby boy. Peter’s older son Nicholas (Zen McGrath) is not doing great though – he is not getting along with his Mom, Peter’s ex Kate (Laura Dern), is not going to school and is suffering from severe depression and anxiety. Hearing this, Peter agrees to let Nicholas live with him and ...
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#TIFF22: “HOLY SPIDER”
By David Baldwin
A serial killer believes he is cleansing the streets of corruption in the Iranian holy city Mashhad. His victims? Female sex workers and drug addicts who are all too willing to jump on the back of his motorbike when they see the cash he is carrying. Enter female Journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi), who is determined to investigate and uncover the identity of the killer before he has a chance to kill again. At the same time, we follow Saeed (Mehdi Bajestani), a blue-collar ...
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#TIFF22: DAY SEVEN SIGHTINGS
It's hard to believe the end is near of TIFF '22 and that kicked-off a week ago already! We had some big stars in the City tonight including celebrated Thespian Brian Cox who is experiencing a career resurgence with his outstanding work as Logan Roy in HBO's Succession. Cox is here for The Prisoner's Daughter, starring alongside Kate Beckinsale. Catherine Hardwicke directs this Drama about a father looking to reconnect with his daughter, though his violent past comes back to haunt ...
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#TIFF22: “THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN”
By Amanda Gilmore
Writer-Director Martin McDonagh’s latest is set on the fictional island of Inisherin, just off Ireland’s west coast. Pádraic (Colin Farrell delivering a knockout performance) and Colm (a hilarious Brendan Gleeson) have been lifelong friends, well until now. Out of nowhere, Colm tells Pádraic that he doesn’t want to be friends anymore. For the life of him, Pádraic cannot figure out why.
This pitch-black, pitch-perfect comedic fable is McDonagh at his best. It ...
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#TIFF22: DAY SIX SIGHTINGS
As TIFF '22 begins to wind-down, things are coming at a bit more manageable pace. But that doesn't mean the talent and caliber of Films are any less as there's still plenty to be excited about. So happy to have gotten a little bit more sleep today and look forward to actually seeing some movies back-to-back the next few days!
We spotted some pretty major talent today, including an icon!
MOVING ON
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#TIFF22: “TRIANGLE OF SADNESS”
By Nicholas Porteous
A group of vapid rich people and Social Media influencers go on an ill-fated cruise. This is Ruben Ă–stlund's second Palme d'Or winner in a row, and all the things that make his work captivating are on full display: dynamic and inventive blocking, an absolutely lavish production, laugh-out-loud moments of excess, and an ensemble of grounded yet deliciously absurd performances across the board.
Unfortunately, his limitations as a Writer are also particularly ...
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#TIFF22: “FALCON LAKE”
By Amanda Gilmore
This summertime coming-of-age tale follows 14-year-old Bastien (Joseph Engel) on his and his family’s getaway to a cottage in rural Quebec. They spend their days there with his mother’s best friend and her 16-year-old daughter, Chloé (Sara Montpetit). Soon, Bastien is beguiled by Sara’s moodiness and her tales of the ghost of a boy who drowned in the very lake they swim in.
Actress-turned-Director Charlotte Le Bon makes a ...
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#TIFF22: “WOMEN TALKING”
By Amanda Gilmore
This exquisite Adaptation of Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel follows a group of women in a Mennonite colony who have experienced generations of epidemic abuse. The men, who hold the power, have told the women that the sexual assaults inflicted on them were the cause of ghosts or their own imagination. But when one of the men is caught and names others as culprits, a group of women are tasked with deciding if they should stay and fight or leave.
Writer-Director Sarah ...
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#TIFF22: “BROKER”
By George Kozera
Acclaimed Japanese Director, Hirokazu Kore-eda, had graced TIFF with every movie he had directed since 1995 and with his latest, BROKER, he once again proves he is a master of his craft.
Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) steal babies from the Busan Family Church where there is a “baby box” for mothers to drop off infants that they cannot care for and the two men sell them on the adoption illegal black market. But when So-young (Lee Ji-eun) ...
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