TIFF 2016 Archives - The Playlist

Jeffrey Tambor Says He ‘Almost Fell Over’ After Reading A New ‘Transparent’ Script

September 20, 2016 4:56 pm

Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

TORONTO – Jeffrey Tambor is the sort of actor who doesn’t really play the Hollywood game. He always comes across as genuine and forthright (even some of the best actors in the world are better at fake smiles an...

The 15 Best Films Of The 2016 Toronto International Film Festival

Oliver Lyttelton, Jessica Kiang and Kevin Jagernauth

September 19, 2016 1:13 pm

Features, Festivals

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After ten days, at least 55 films and an obscene amount of poutine and Tim Horton’s breakfast sandwiches, Team Playlist is done with the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF is probably the world’s bi...

‘La La Land’ Wins Coveted TIFF People’s Choice Award, ‘Free Fire’ & ‘Jackie’ Take Top Prizes

Kevin Jagernauth

September 18, 2016 1:57 pm

News

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The pedigree of the TIFF People's Choice Award speaks for itself. Past years has seen films like "Room," "The King’s Speech," "The Imitation Game," "12 Years A Slave," and "Slumdog Millionaire" earn the coveted...

Jazz Doc ‘I Called Him Morgan’ Is A Lively, Moving Portrait Of Music, Love, & Murder [TIFF Review]

Gary Garrison

September 18, 2016 12:48 pm

Reviews

Lee Morgan may not be the most popular name in jazz music, but his talent was exceptional. At just 18 years old, the trumpeter was playing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and making a name for himself as a mu...

Slow-Burn Drama ‘In The Radiant City’ Marks An Impressive Debut From Writer/Director Rachel Lambert [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 17, 2016 6:34 pm

Reviews

“Time heals all wounds” is an aphorism that’s handed out as a superficially soothing balm for a variety of life’s pain and disappointments. But sometimes there are situations and experiences where the intensity...

Lifeless Horror ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Starring Emile Hirsch Hardly Registers A Pulse [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 17, 2016 12:14 pm

Reviews

In the folds of our skin, the space underneath our fingernails, and the composition of our organs, the human body holds secrets and clues to the lives we have lived. From the food we ate, the injuries we’ve sus...

‘Past Life’ Is An Emotionally Resonant Exploration Of The Legacy Of Sin [TIFF Review]

Oktay Ege Kozak

September 17, 2016 8:34 am

Reviews

Are the sins of the father destined to always be laid upon the children, as the Bible-inspired William Shakespeare quote reminds us, or is it possible for an individual to sack the negative aspects of their cul...

‘Yourself And Yours’ Is A Charming Entry For Newcomers To Hong Sang-Soo [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren

September 17, 2016 8:08 am

Reviews

With only a modicum of exaggeration, at least half of the Toronto International Film Festival’s volunteer army is pounding the pavement with their ballot boxes for the Grolsch People’s Choice Award, regardless ...

‘My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea’ Is Bizarre & Beautifully Inventive [TIFF Review]

Jordan Ruimy

September 16, 2016 5:43 pm

Reviews

Wildly bizarre and imaginatively alluring, if not occasionally slight, the animated movie, "My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea,” is an engaging surrealist take on the disaster movie. It’s a film steeped...

‘Green White Green’ Is A Shaggy, Unruly, Yet Endearing Coming-Of-Age Drama [TIFF Review]

Will Ashton

September 16, 2016 4:17 pm

Reviews

Much like its long-winded full title, “Green White Green: And All the Beautiful Colours In My Mosaic of Madness,” Abba T. Makama’s debut film is a shaggy, unruly work of art, passion and perseverance. In the sp...

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