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British Period Drama ‘Lady Macbeth’ Is An Arresting But Imperfect Take On The Antiheroine [TIFF Review]

September 12, 2016 10:15 am

Numerous seminal filmmakers have tried their hand at revisionist cinematic takes on William Shakespeare’s work, just as the plays are regularly reimagined for the stage. William Oldroyd’s directorial debut “Lad...

Season 3 Of Amazon & Jill Soloway’s ‘Transparent’ Is The Show At Its Best [TIFF Review]

Noel Murray

September 12, 2016 9:00 am

Reviews

Streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime tend to design their original series to be binged, which gives their creators the freedom to develop stories more slowly and subtly. But there’s still a fundamen...

‘Werewolf’ Is An Intoxicating Debut Feature By Ashley McKenzie [TIFF Review]

Christopher Schobert

September 12, 2016 8:30 am

News

Ashley McKenzie’s “Werewolf” is a startling, out-of-nowhere film, and an intoxicating first feature from a rising filmmaker. Who are the actors in this story of addiction and despair? Where did they come from? ...

Oscar Isaac And Christian Bale Succumb To The Soap Opera Theatrics Of ‘The Promise’ [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 12, 2016 7:14 am

Reviews

5

It’s been over a decade since director Terry George had a big hit with the three-time Oscar nominated “Hotel Rwanda,” and his career ever since has been in a steady downward tumble, culminating in his last feat...

‘Barry’ Is An Unexpectedly Moving Biopic Of A Young President Obama [TIFF Review]

Noel Murray

September 12, 2016 6:43 am

Reviews

In one of the last scenes of director Vikram Gandhi’s “Barry,” the title character (played by Devon Terrell) sits in a sand trap at the ritzy country club where his girlfriend’s family is hosting a wedding. Bar...

‘Sing’ Is ‘Pitch Perfect’ With Some Crowd Pleasing Animation And That’s A Compliment [TIFF Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 11, 2016 7:43 pm

Awards Campaign, Reviews

TORONTO – Sometimes you just can’t hate a movie. It may annoy you. It may make your eye rolls a bit, but eventually you just succumb to the sheer entertainment of it all. That’s the case with Garth Jennings’ “S...

A Bank Becomes The Underdog In Steve James’ ‘Abacus: Small Enough To Jail’ [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 11, 2016 7:15 pm

Reviews

It would be hard to imagine any corporate institution that is more loathed at the moment than banks. Particularly following the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, which saw the economy nearly cratered, the governme...

Walter Hill’s ‘(Re)Assignment’ Can’t Find The Fun In Its Bonkers Premise [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 11, 2016 7:00 pm

Reviews

In 1997, an FBI agent and master criminal swapped faces and wreaked havoc chasing each other down in John Woo’s deliriously great “Face/Off.” It’s a movie that succeeded because the director and his stars, Nico...

‘Lion’ Starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara & Nicole Kidman Renders Complex Story Into A Dull Roar [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 11, 2016 1:51 pm

Reviews

2

The hill across the street. The convenience store a few blocks over that still sells cassettes. The dented mailbox on the corner. The broken streetlight that never works. While where we live is marked by house ...

Lupita Nyong’o And David Oyelowo Break The Disney Mold In Mira Nair’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ [TIFF Review]

Gregory Ellwood

September 11, 2016 11:32 am

Awards Campaign, Reviews

1

TORONTO – If someone were to pitch you a Disney sports movie about a child chess prodigy from the slums of Africa you could pretty much map it out in your head without even seeing a trailer. The prodigy would b...

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