#TIFF15: “YOUTH”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Youth, the new film from Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino, is a Film about nostalgia and the fear of an uncertain future. Fred (Michael Caine), a former composer who wants nothing to do with his past glory, and Mick (Harvey Keitel), a director trying desperately to put together his next picture, are vacationing together at a Swiss resort. They are in the twilight of their lives, people watching at the hotel and dealing with the fallout of ...
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#TIFF15: “THE GREEN ROOM”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Much like director Jeremy Saulnier’s previous film Blue Ruin, Green Room is the very definition of a slow-burn thriller. A punk rock band perform at a small venue run by Neo-Nazis, and witness an act of violence. Now they are trapped and their chances of survival are fleeting.
It feels excruciating at first with its lengthy set-up, but once Green Room gets moving, it becomes downright relentless. The Film is a nightmare wrapped inside another ...
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#TIFF15: 2015 DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF CANADA “THE CANADA PARTY”
By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Dancing to the infectious beats laid down by guest DJ, Oscar-nominated, uber talented director Jean-Marc Vallée (at TIFF '15 with DEMOLITION), the homegrown crowd at the DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA party themed The Canada Party feasted on specialty donuts from Tim Hortons (my favourite was the beer glazed Bob & Doug and the Don Cherry and Chocolate donut was pretty snazzy looking) and were all genuinely happy to be there to mingle with friends and ...
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#TIFF15: DAY 5 SPOTTINGS – JOHNNY DEPP, DAKOTA JOHNSON, KEVIN BACON, JULIANNE NICHOLSON, JOEL EDGERTON, CARY ELWES, COMMON, NICK ROBINSON, ROB REINER, AP MCCOY, JOHN SLATTERY + MORE
Although we're at the half-way mark at TIFF '15, we're nowhere near done! The Town is set to be electrified at Princess of Wales Theatre as the eagerly-awaited Premiere for BLACK MASS shuts down a portion of Entertainment District with Johnny Depp making his way to the Red Carpet.
See some of the stars we spotted today!
Kevin Bacon. The veteran actor was amazing today at the Press Conference for Black Mass, quite literally stopping for every single Fan in-waiting. There's a reason why ...
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#TIFF15: “HYENA ROAD”
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director Paul Gross went great lengths to make his World War I Film Passchendaele stack up next to its American counterparts. He takes what he learned and extends it to the modern and significantly more intense Hyena Road – chronicling a group of soldiers trying to construct a highway link in Afghanistan. The Film dazzles with fierce and near breathless action scenes, punctuated by surprisingly extreme violence.
But the Film gets bogged down ...
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#TIFF15: “LOLO”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Julie Deply consistently has been force on-screen and behind the scenes, and on her newest outing Lolo, she proves once again magnificence. The Movie focuses on the dynamic of a struggling workaholic and her attention-seeking, manipulative son. With some truly hysterical and genuinely affecting moments as well, Lolo certainly will lift you up.
Violette (Julie Delpy) is on a spa retreat with her friend, Ariane (Karen Viard) who convinces her to ...
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#TIFF15: “FREEHELD”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Based on a true story, FREEHELD tells the story of New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester’s legal battles to ensure that her pension is left to her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, when she is diagnosed with stage four terminal cancer. Before meeting Stacie (Ellen Page in her best screen performance since Juno), Laurel (the always astonishing Julianne Moore) is a tough-as-nails cop busting drug dealers, all the while hiding the fact that ...
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#TIFF15: DAY 4 SPOTTINGS: TOM HARDY, KRISTEN STEWART, EDDIE REDMAYNE, DREW BARRYMORE, NICHOLAS HOULT, TONI COLLETTE, ALICIA VIKANDER, LUKE EVANS, TOM HIDDLESTON + SHARLTO COPLEY
Rain continues to literally put a damper on TIFF '15 Festivities, but hopefully this is the end of it! Cloudy skies aside, Toronto continues to light-up on star power alone and here's some stars we spotted today!
Kristen Stewart at TIFF '15 for Equals looking amazing. Unfortunately due to lateness and the weather she didn't' come by to greet fans but she certainly was a vision!
#KristenStewart stunning on #TIFF15 carpet for #EqualsMovie. #TIFF #Tiff40 #TorontoFilmFestival
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#TIFF15: “BORN TO BE BLUE”
Chet Baker for many of this generation might not ring a bell, but Robert Budreau-directed Biopic Born to be Blue soon will have something to say about that. Filmed in Sudbury, the Drama starring Ethan Hawke showcases the actor at his best, for the first time showcasing his own musical abilities.
Set just as Baker is about to embark on an against-the-odds-comeback and told partly through a series of flashbacks, we learn about the iconic trumpeter/singer's rise and fall as a result of his heroin ...
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#TIFF15: “BEEBA BOYS”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Touted as the first gangster movie directed by a woman in 40 years, BEEBA BOYS, from acclaimed, Oscar-nominated Deepa Metha, mixes guns, bhangra beats, cocaine, interracial romance and traditional family values with brutal violence and culture clashes. Set in Vancouver, it tells the story of Indo-Canadian, Jeet Johar (played by Bollywood star Randeep Hooda) and his gang of foul-mouth, outrageously-flashy and colourfully-dressed frat boyish friends who ...
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