#TIFF24: “THE LAST SHOWGIRL” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Director Gia Coppola’s latest is a stark look at how society and workplaces treat women as they age.
Shelley (Pamela Anderson) has been working as a showgirl at the last remaining tits and feather show on the Las Vegas strip. She’s been a part of the production since its conception three decades ago. When she finds out the show is being forced to close she has to confront the sacrifices she made in her personal life to be successful in her ...
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#TIFF24: “WE LIVE IN TIME” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield deliver emotionally raw performances in Director John Crowley’s latest.
We Live in Time tells the exhilarating romance between Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield). Their endearing romance begins in the quirkiest way when Almut hits Tobias with her car. From then on, they’re a unit. The two face life’s joys and upheavals together. They fight. They love. But most ...
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#TIFF24: DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS – ELTON JOHN, FLORENCE PUGH, ANDREW GARFIELD, DEMI MOORE, TOM HIDDLESTON, ORLANDO BLOOM, CATRIONA BALFE
An exciting second day of TIFF '24 with many star-studded adventures!
•Orlando Bloom and Catriona Balfe for THE CUT•Tom Hiddleston, Mike Flanagan, Karen Gillan, Kate Siegel and Chiwetel Ejiofor for THE LIFE OF CHUCK•Eddie Huang for VICE IS BROKE•Shamier Anderson and Samir Oliveros for THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA•Sandra Oh, Honourary Chair of TIFF TRIBUTE Awards Gala•Teresa Palmer for ADDITION•Elton John, David Furnish and R.J. Cutler for ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE•Demi Moore ...
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#TIFF24: “NUTCRACKERS” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Michael (Ben Stiller) is a big-time real estate developer in Chicago. He has a huge presentation coming up but needs to sign foster forms in person in rural Ohio for his four nephews first. Their parents were just killed in a car accident and despite having not seen the family in over a year, Michael is the next of kin. To his shock, he quickly learns upon arrival that he must stay with his nephews until a foster family is located and are open to adopting all four ...
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#TIFF24: “PAYING FOR IT” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Chester Brown (Dan Beirne) is a Cartoonist who lives with his girlfriend Sonny (Emily Lê) in the late '90s. Sonny wants to redefine and open-up their relationship so she can better explore her feelings for other men. Chester is okay with the idea, but has no intention of pursuing romantic love with someone else. Instead, he decides to explore a new kind of intimacy by paying and sleeping with sex workers.
Based on Brown’s controversial best-selling graphic novel, ...
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#TIFF24: “ANORA” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Anora (Mikey Madison), or Ani as she prefers to be called, is a sex worker working at a New York gentlemen’s club. One evening, a guest requests a dancer who can speak Russian. Ani fits the bill and meets Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the charming, high-rolling son of a Russian oligarch. He is instantly enamoured by Ani and asks to spend more time with her outside of the club. They begin a transactional relationship which turns into marriage soon after. When Vanya’s parents ...
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#TIFF24: “SEEDS” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Ziggy (Kaniehtiio Horn, who also Writes and Directs) is an influencer trying to make it in Toronto. She has just signed a deal with a seed company called Nature’s Oath when she is called back to the reservation to housesit for her Aunt. She is reminded to protect her Aunt’s seeds at all costs, and though she just waves away the warning, she changes her tune when she realizes someone may be trying to take them after all.
SEEDS is a Comedy that unpacks itself gradually ...
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#TIFF24: DAY ONE SIGHTINGS – BEN STILLER, KATY PERRY, ORLANDO BLOOM, CATRIONA BALFE, KIERNAN SHIPKA, THE TRAGICALLY HIP AND MORE
TIFF '24 officially has kicked-off and it was an action-packed start to the Festival!
Sightings from the day include:
•Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and David Gordon Green here for NUTCRACKERS - the official Opening Night Gala•Katy Perry surprising at the premiere of husband Orlando Bloom's THE CUT, plus his Co-star, Catriona Balfe•The Tragically Hip unveil new Prime Video Docu-Series: THE TRAGICALLY HIP: NO DRESS REHEARSAL; it was celebrated on Festival Street with a ...
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#TIFF24: “THE APPRENTICE” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
It is the 1970s and Donald J. Trump (Sebastian Stan) is looking to make a name for himself in the Manhattan real estate scene. By chance, he meets high powered attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) who takes a liking to the young Trump and takes him under his wing, helping him with legal issues and teaching him ways to be a winner (or more accurately, a “killer”) rather than a loser.
THE APPRENTICE is one of the most controversial films of the year and will likely only ...
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#TIFF24: “THE SUBSTANCE” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) was once Hollywood royalty. Fearing she may fade into total obscurity after getting sacked from her TV fitness show, she turns to a black-market injection program called “The Substance”. Using it creates a younger version of herself, Sue (Margaret Qualley), but it comes with a catch: each body is only allowed to exist for a week at a time before they need to swap back or else they risk irreversible consequences.
You may have an idea of ...
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