2022/09/12

John Street Ambience

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The landscape of TIFF has shrunk to probably its smallest footprint since its origin in Bloor-Yorkville in the 70's. For 2022, the only ...
2022/09/09

Back in the theatres

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After two years of pandemic-constrained TIFFs, 2022 is seeing a rebirth of an in-theatre experience.  In some respects, it's both a conf...
2020/09/09

It's time

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As with many other events and activities in 2020, TIFF had to make some drastic changes to exist in the world of the coronavirus pandemic.  ...
2019/09/15

Letter to the Editor (dir: Alan Berlinger)

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A beautifully constructed personal essay on the history of the last 40 years as reflected in photos that appeared in print editions of the ...

Jojo Rabbit (dir: Taika Waititi)

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As I was working on my schedule for this year, I went back-and-forth several times on whether to include this in my final list. While I’m a...
2019/09/13

Discovering connections (Raf and It Must Be Heaven)

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As I’ve mentioned in TIFFs past, occasionally linkages appear between films that only exist because of their presence in my schedule for Se...
2019/09/09

And the Birds Rained Down (Louise Archambault)

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TIFF 2019 is still very young, but Louise Archambault’s “And the Birds Rained Down” is likely to be one of the standouts when things wrap up...

The Lighthouse (dir: Robert Eggers)

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Robert Eggers’ first film, “The Witch” was one of the best films and biggest surprises in my schedule for TIFF 2015. So there was a lot of ...
2019/09/08

A world past the frame

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There is often a news story which finds a way to burst into the screening room, diverting everyone’s attention from the world of cinema. Oft...

Vision of the future

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I started my fall ritual with the tenth edition of the Festival of Festivals in the mid-80’s, when the focus of the festival was up in Yorkv...

Cunningham (dir: Alla Kovgan)

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A career retrospective of the American dancer and choreographer, Merce Cunningham, consisting of both archival footage of him and his compa...

The Climb (dir: Michael Angelo Covino)

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Generally I’m not that interested in “bro” films but this looked like it might be something a little off the beaten track. As it turned out...
2019/09/06

Short Cuts Programme 1 (Various)

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TIFF screens a series of short film programmes each year, featuring about half a dozen or so shorts at a time. I haven't been to a ...

The Whistlers (Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu)

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TIFF 2019 opened on a ferry to La Gomera in the Canary Islands. A Romanian detective is entwined in a plot to free a prisoner who knows the ...
2019/08/20

Where is Everybody?

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Today is the day that TIFF officially launches for the year with the release of the full schedule and program book. In the past, launch day ...
2018/09/15

Her Smell

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As of this morning (the penultimate day of TIFF 2018), “Her Smell” has been the best film of the Platform series for me. It was also one of ...