#TIFF20: “ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI”
By Mr. Will Wong
Following-up on her Oscar-winning work in If Beale Street Could Talk, Regina King makes her Feature directorial debut at TIFF ' 20 with ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, which though set in the past, still asks very timely questions facing the world today.
The Film is set one night in February 1964 uniting real-life friends and icons Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) as they celebrate the former's win in ...
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#TIFF20: IN CONVERSATION WITH…. SAOIRSE RONAN
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
At just age 26, Saoirse Ronan has managed to become one of the top Actors of her generation. She got nominated for her first Academy Award at the age of 13 for her work in Atonement. Since then, she’s been nominated three more times.
Her talent is undeniable as seen through the unforgettable mix of characters she's brought to life on-screen over multiple genres, such as survivor Hanna, homesick Eilis, uninhibited Lady Bird, and Writer Jo ...
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#TIFF20: “I CARE A LOT”
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
J Blakeson’s dark Thriller follows a legal Conservator with insidious intentions. Marla (Rosamund Pike), along with her life and work partner Fran (Eiza González), have created a despicable business of defrauding their elderly clients. Their newest target is the rich and unassuming Jennifer (Dianne Wiest). After lying to a judge in an emergency hearing, claiming Jennifer has ...
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#TIFF20: “AMMONITE”
By Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Francis Lee’s latest takes us to 19th-century Dorset. It follows real-life Palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) as she searches the coastline for marine fossils. She spends her days alone, walking the shore and helping at her mother’s tiny shop. Soon she finds her solitary life becomes upended when she’s asked by another Palaeontologist to care for his melancholic wife, Charlotte (Saoirse Ronan). In need of the money, ...
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#TIFF20: THE DRIVE-IN EXPERIENCE
By Mr. Will Wong
As you know, we've been attending TIFF for several years now and we in all honesty were kinda excited for the first time to experience it in Drive-In format. This screening option is reserved more for the higher-profile titles at the Festival, with films divided between RBC Lakeside Drive-In and OLG Play Stage (Ontario Place Boulevard x Remembrance Drive) , plus VISA Skyline Drive-In (20 Polson Street).
We had the joy of seeing a Film at RBC Lakeside Drive-In and it ...
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#TIFF20: “NOMADLAND”
By Mr. Will Wong
All eyes are on Chloé Zhao who debuted at TIFF '17 with The Rider, topping several best-of lists that year. While her work on Marvel's The Eternals is on its way to us, sophomore effort NOMADLAND comes with high hopes and she does not disappoint.
The Film centers on Fern (Frances McDormand), a widow whom after the economic crash in 2008, loses her home and lives a content life free to roam as a nomad. Not yet able to retire, she lives out of her sometimes reliable van, ...
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#TIFF20: “SPRING BLOSSOM”
By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Despite her luminous smile, it becomes quickly apparent that 16-year-old Suzanne (Suzanne Lindon) is bored. She is clearly not interested in the nonsensical prattle of her friends and classmates and escapes being in their company as often as possible. Even when she decides to go to a classmate’s house party, much to the surprise of her parents and older sister, she doesn’t quite fit in – she doesn’t like beer and when asked to rate all the boys ...
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#TIFF20: IN CONVERSATION WITH…. HALLE BERRY
By Mr. Will Wong
As per of TIFF's SHARE HER JOURNEY initiative promoting emerging females in Film, the public got to enjoy a free virtual event, In Conversation with.... Halle Berry tonight, hosted by CBC's Amanda Parris.
Having been in the industry for over 30 years, Berry's career has been nothing short of legendary. In addition to winning an Oscar for her work in 2001's Monster's Ball, her extraordinary catalog has seen her star in the X-Men Franchise, John Wick: Chapter 3 - ...
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#TIFF20: “SING ME A LULLABY”
By Mr. Will Wong
Premiering as part of TIFF's SHORT CUTS Programme 05, Tiffany Hsiung written and directed SING ME A LULLABY has been 15 years in-the-making. The Documentary follows Toronto's Hsiung who is in search of her maternal grandmother in Taipei, trying to fill-in the missing gaps of her mother Ru-Wen's childhood, as she was separated from her family inexplicably as a child.
While the Short which clocks in at 30 minutes, moves along briskly in its first-half, it is the ...
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#TIFF20: “FALLING”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Viggo Mortensen’s Toronto-made directorial debut follows a turbulent relationship between father and son. With Falling, Mortensen examines the strong bond between relatives even after they’ve become severed. The focus here is on the relationship between John (Mortensen) and his ill yet overtly profane father Willis (Lance Henriksen).
Early, the conflict starts with ...
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