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October 28, 2016
Moonlight is one of the year’s best films
It’s easy to overhype the movie, about a gay black man coming of age in Miami, but it deserves the buzz it’s getting.
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October 7, 2016
Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation is almost good enough to withstand its controversy
It’s a deeply flawed, deeply Christian film about overthrowing unjust systems.
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September 19, 2016
15 fall movies you need to see: from La La Land to Moonlight to The Handmaiden
After a disappointing summer, we’re about to have the best fall movie season in years.
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September 17, 2016
9 movie performances people will be talking about this fall
This year’s standout TIFF performances include two Best Actress frontrunners, a future “it” girl, and a tiny child.
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September 15, 2016
2 upcoming films know the secret to making a great movie about real people
Jackie and Loving do right by their real-life subjects by narrowing their focus.
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September 14, 2016
American Honey, Moonlight, and cinema’s slow embrace of extreme poverty
Some of the best films at this year’s TIFF are determined to explore a frequently ignored subject.
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September 13, 2016
TIFF 2016: La La Land embraces what’s corny about movie musicals to explore what’s great about them
It also embraces how much you want to see Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling kiss.
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September 12, 2016
2 frequently infuriating TIFF films reflect our shifting conversation around rape and sexual assault
Elle and Una want to be about how women deal with rape. But they’re both made by men.
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September 10, 2016
TIFF 2016: this could prove to be the year of Amy Adams. It’s long overdue.
Amy Adams is a national treasure. Two upcoming films show why.
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September 9, 2016
TIFF 2016: Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire is a lean, mean, gun-slinging machine
The Midnight Madness program kicked off in a hail of bullets and one-liners.
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September 9, 2016
Sad White Person movies don’t get much better than Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan’s masterful upcoming film finds the value in a tired cinematic trope.
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September 8, 2016
TIFF, the unofficial start of prestige-movie season, explained
The Toronto International Film Festival is about a lot more than Oscars (but it’s also about Oscars).
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September 10, 2015
TIFF and the international film festival circuit, explained
Here's why the global film industry is relocating to Canada for the next 10 days.