Review: Wavelengths 1, 2, & 5
One of the most interesting, yet least talked about programs part of TIFF every year is the Wavelengths series which features avant-garde and experimental films from around the world. Every year programmers typically create a theme for each series so as to have a point of reference for each piece, similar to the way a curator would in an art gallery. Read more
Review: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
The Solitude of Prime Numbers might be one of the brainiest dramas regarding human nature to ever exist. Based on the book by Paulo Giordano, Solitude paints an interesting look at human relationships. Read more
Review: The Debt
The Debt was one of a few surprises at TIFF this year. That is not to short the directorial skill of John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), or the acting skills of Helen Mirren or Sam Worthington, but there was some expectation that the story of three Mossad agents reflecting on a mission 30 years prior would feel a bit stale. Read more
Review: Sarah’s Key
Transcending two different eras – World War II France and its modern day counterpart – along with a host of global locations, Sarah’s Key is a gripping tale of one little girl and the desire of a journalist to connect her to her present-day bloodline. Read more
Review: Little White Lies
When tragedy strikes a group of French bourgeois friends prior to their annual summer vacation, they decide to go on with the trip regardless. The nature of these friendships is exposed during their stay, as their personal lives begin to unfold in Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies . Read more
Review: Sensation
The Irish dramedy Sensation blends the sensitive nature of rural Ireland with the raw world of prostitution in the film by director Tom Hall. As these two worlds come together for Donal Durkan the life he once knew begins to spiral out of control proving that he can never go back to the way things were. Read more
Review: Even The Rain
There is something quite enjoyable about the premise of a film within a film. This form of narrative framing another narrative typically heightens the overall appeal, and in the case of Iciar Bollain’s Even The Rain this certainly applies. Read more
Review: Confessions
Going into this year’s TIFF Confessions was already riding a wave of success as one of the highest grossing films in its native Japan, and one of the most talked about foreign films. Both accolades are greatly deserved for Tetsuya Nakashima’s film which is haunting, captivating and an absolute winner. Read more
Review: Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Leading up to this year’s TIFF, one of the titles that garnered the most buzz was Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Walking an obviously precarious line between genius and madness, Herzog has managed to craft a piece that transcends the documentary to become elegy for humanity’s first artists. Read more
Review: The Trip
The Trip is a film that could not have failed. With a killer cast composed of the reunited Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom and working off roles established in 2005′s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, the newest feature from the group is an absolute winner. Read more
