#TIFF22: “KNIVES OUT” SEQUEL “GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY” TO PREMIERE AT TIFF
Following its Premiere at TIFF '19, Rian Johnson's followup to KNIVES OUT, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, will make its way to Toronto for TIFF '22! This is TIFF's 47th edition, believe it or not!
Synopsis:In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s 2019 Knives Out, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects. Glass Onion: A Knives Out ...
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#TIFF: TIFF ANNOUNCE “SUMMER OF SEOUL”
TIFF will be celebrating Korean Cinema this Summer with their Summer of Seoul, launching July 8, 2022 with an Opening Night Celebration! The Screenings and Special Events all take place at TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX.
Films & Special Events
July 8, 7pmOpening Night: Free live performance by Korea Town Acid and mural art by Jieun Kim (a.k.a. June)
Summer of Seoul jumps beyond the screen through free public art activations in the TIFF Bell Lightbox Atrium. Gather at 7pm for an ...
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#SPOTTED: “CRIMES OF THE FUTURE” NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
The Canadian Star System in full forcelast night at the North American Premiere of David Cronenberg's Body Horror, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE. The Film, shot in Athens, got its World Premiere earlier this month in Cannes.
The Film looks Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) and Caprice (Léa Seydoux), the former, a celebrity Performance Artist, who publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin (Kristen Stewart), an investigator from the National Organ Registry, ...
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#TIFF: TIFF PRESENT UPCOMING PROGRAMMING IN NOVEMBER 2021
TIFF announce their upcoming programming slate, and trust me, there is some really good stuff including TIFF '21 favourites SPENCER (we're definitely seeing this again!) and THE POWER OF THE DOG, plus some cool retrospectives!
TIFF CINEMATHEQUE SERIES
Céline Sciamma: Portraits of Desire – November 11 to 21, 2021
Since the success of the widely acclaimed Portrait of a Lady on Fire — which won both the Queer Palm and the Award for Best Screenplay at Cannes 2019 — ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW POSTER & TRAILER FOR “BELFAST”
Sir Kenneth Branagh directs BELFAST, which premiered at TIFF '21 to raves, winning the coveted People's Choice Award. Here's a first look at the Trailer for this November release.
Synopsis:
Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Starring Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, and Jude Hill. ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “SPENCER” STARRING KRISTEN STEWART
Kristen Stewart continues to win accolades as Princess Diana Biopic, SPENCER.
Synopsis:
The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be a whole lot different. SPENCER is an imagining of what might ...
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#TIFF21: AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2021 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 2021 Toronto International Film Festival concludes today and Award winners were announced from this year's Festival, which still thrived in a hybrid digital and in-person format amidst the Pandemic. Taking top honours of People's Choice was BELFAST, directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, in-attendance at the Festival last weekend. Traditionally this title has gone on to achieve Oscars and Awards Season success, case in point, last year's winner NOMADLAND.
In accepting the Award, Branagh ...
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#TIFF21: “ONE SECOND” REVIEW
Review by George Kozera
Set in China in the '70s, ONE SECOND tells the tale of a labour camp escapee (Zhang Yi) that is desperate to see a newsreel which contains footage of his estranged daughter. When he arrived too late at the theatre screening, he is told it will be shown again the next day at a nearby village. When he sees a scruffy young girl (Liu Haocun) steal one of the reels, he manages to retrieve it and treks across the desert to deliver it to the next theatrical ...
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#TIFF21: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2021 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
We don't believe we made it through another TIFF! While this year's Festival certainly was a bit more scaled-back we definitely were not short of things to do, equally putting in long days. So thankful to the Team for contributing their Reviews of the most key titles to surface at TIFF '21 including Dave Baldwin, Amanda Gilmore and George Kozera. So thankful to be a Torontonian and be gifted every year with this amazing Festival. We're so appreciative of the considerations for our safety and ...
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#TIFF21: “WHERE IS ANNE FRANK” REVIEW
Review by David Baldwin
In the present day, Anne Frank’s diary is housed within a glass display in her home in Amsterdam. As the crowd queues up around the block to see all of the artifacts on display, the glass suddenly breaks and Kitty (Ruby Stokes), the fictional friend Anne wrote her diary entries to, is conjured into reality. She is invisible and confused – why is she there and Anne is not? Whom are all these people walking through the house? As Kitty begins to read the diary and ...
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