#TIFF22: “THE SWEARING JAR”
By Amanda Gilmore
The deeply-moving The Swearing Jar follows married couple Carey (Adelaide Clemens) and Simon (Patrick J. Adams) who are expecting their first child. However, when Carey meets bookstore clerk Owen (Douglas Smith) she finds herself falling in love with him.
Director Lindsay MacKay and Screenwriter Kate Hewlett have brought us an enchanting journey through love and ...
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#TIFF22: “NORTH OF NORMAL”
By Mr. Will Wong
Carly Stone (The New Romantic) directs this adaptation of Cea Sunrise Person’s Memoir of the same name and at the center of the story is Cea (played as a child by River Price-Maenpaa and as a teen by Amanda Fix) and her young mother Michelle (Sarah Gadon). Together, they embark on a nomadic life through Western Canada, breaking apart from Cea's grandparents.
Cea is beautiful, young and aspires to be a model, but time and again is caught-up in her mother's revolving ...
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#TIFF22: “THE WHALE”
By Mr. Will Wong
Darren Aronofsky's THE WHALE is as hefty in heart as its tragic hero, Charlie, played to masterful perfection in a performance of a lifetime by comeback kid Brendan Fraser.
Charlie is an online professor whom after losing his partner, has spiraled into obsessive eating and severe obesity. With just days left to live, he is out to reconcile his relationship with estranged daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink). Ellie harbours deep anger and resentment towards her dad and agrees only ...
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TIFF22: “THE FABELMANS”
By David Baldwin
Once Sammy Fabelman (Canada’s own Gabriel LaBelle) watched The Greatest Show on Earth, his life was changed forever. He was going to become a filmmaker and spent every moment he could afterwards filming his own movies, actively employing neighbourhood kids and his own sisters to act and assist with special effects. While his Mother (played by Michelle Williams) encouraged Sammy’s behaviour, his Father saw it as more of a hobby. And with the family consistently on the ...
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#TIFF22: “GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY”
By David Baldwin
The pandemic is raging and Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) finds himself in Greece, ready to board the yacht of billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton). Bron has brought together his closest friends for a weekend getaway at his island, promising a murder mystery and more. Of course, not anything is what it seems and it is up to Blanc to crack the case.
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY is just as fun and wildly entertaining as its Oscar-nominated predecessor. Rather than redo ...
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#TIFF22: “752 IS NOT A NUMBER”
By David Baldwin
On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down just as it left Iranian air space. Everyone on board died, including the wife and young daughter of Newmarket Dentist Hamed Esmaeilion. Devastated, he immediately flies to Iran to claim their remains and after witnessing a partial cover-up first hand, Hamed begins a quest for justice and the truth as to why this tragedy occurred at all.
752 IS NOT A NUMBER is harrowing and frustrating. The ...
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TIFF22: “LIVING”
By David Baldwin
Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) is dying. He has been given six months to live, nine if he is lucky. More than enough time to get affairs in order, but what does Williams need to figure out? He is a widower, he is estranged from his son and daughter-in-law (despite their living in his home), he has no friends or confidants, and his only joy is going to the Pictures on Tuesdays. Williams, filled with grief and regret, decides immediately to make some changes – and start living ...
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#TIFF22: “WE ARE HERE”
By Justin Waldman
The issue with Anthologies is that there is always a weak link or two in an otherwise strong chain. Sometimes the Anthologies get to overcome that curse, and others they fall victim to the tragedy of this circumstance. We Are Still Here shares nine Directors and ten Writers that help tell the stories spanning 250 years, sometimes even in the future, about a celebration of native land being colonized and the native inhabitants being invaded.
There is a lot to love and ...
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#TIFF22: DAY THREE SIGHTINGS
Now that's more like it! Day Three of TIFF '22 was crammed with goodness, and this isn't even all of it! We are rolling into Sunday with some very terrific Premieres scheduled to take place!
Some Cast sightings on TIFF '22 Day Three.
THE GOOD NURSE
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HILLARY & CHELSEA ...
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#TIFF22: “THE END OF SEX”
By David Baldwin
With the kids away at camp for the week, Josh (Jonas Chernick) and Emma (Schitt’s Creek’s Emily Hampshire) have the house to themselves. Initially unsure of what to do next, they quickly land on recapturing the sexual energy of their youth. Except that spark is not there anymore, just a never-ending routine of going through the motions. Dissatisfied, the pair come up with different ways to spice up their marriage – each more wild than the next.
THE END OF SEX is a ...
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