This year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has officially come and gone. With new films from all around the world having been released across the festival’s 10-day run, I thought it would be …
Toronto International Film Festival
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DramaReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘The Son’
by Brennan Dubéby Brennan DubéFlorian Zeller surprised the film world two years ago with his debut feature film, The Father. That film is one of the masterpieces of the 2020s, and it features what may be the best performance …
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The media is composed of a large segment of our contemporary society, being the main channel of collective mass communication. The media consists of broadcasting, publishing, and the internet, which includes, but is not limited …
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The 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival offered numerous different avenues for movie watching. Audiences and critics alike got to experience the newest in film at the theaters, online, and even at several …
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DramaReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Ahed’s Knee’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesNadav Lapid’s Synonyms caused quite a stir when it unexpectedly took out the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019. The film loosely based on Lapid’s own life about an Israeli man who flees …
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ComedyReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Dug Dug’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesUnder the bright glistening haze of blue and pink lights, Ritwek Pareek’s vibrant debut feature opens on 40-something drunkard Thakur Lal. His internal monologue spouts vague philosophical musings before mounting his motorcycle and going for …
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ReviewsScience Fiction
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Encounter’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesAfter a number of standout supporting roles over the last half a decade, Riz Ahmed‘s wiry unpredictability and genuine pathos he injects into his performances has seen him evolve into a leading man with an …
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FantasyReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Kicking Blood’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesCinema has given us many incarnations and interpretations of the vampire mythos since F.W Murnau’s Nosferatu almost a century ago. We’ve seen them portrayed as everything from baroque aristocrats, mindless parasitic monsters, mysterious outsiders in …
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The theatrical release train has come to a grinding halt this week. While nothing new has gained much attention, Tenet still keeps trudging along as best it can. And, reliable as always, Netflix dropped The Devil All …
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For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to go to space. To be outside our reach. To see the world from this outsider perspective. To feel the presence of our population and …
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PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast
‘Hustlers’ Scores Big, ‘The Goldfinch’ Flounders, and TIFF Previews This Fall’s Best (The MovieBabble Podcast Ep. 36)
It Chapter Two continues to sink its teeth into the box office with an impressive $40 million second week. It‘s lead isn’t tremendous, however, as Hustlers opens to an unexpectedly high $33 million haul. The …