TIFF 2017 Archives - The Playlist

Andrew Garfield And Claire Foy ‘Breathe’ Deep For History [Review]

September 21, 2017 2:41 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News, Reviews

TORONTO - Imagine performing a scene without moving anything but your lips, eyes and maybe your neck. And the neck can move, but just slightly. Everything else has to stay completely immobile. That includes y...

‘Bodied’: Joseph Kahn Crafts A Visually Dynamic Rap Battle [TIFF Midnight Madness Winner]

Jordan Ruimy

September 19, 2017 4:47 pm

News, Reviews

Movies about rap battles are a rare breed. Of course, there’s the blisteringly ill rhymes in 2002’s Eminem-led drama “8 Mile,” and, more recently, this summer’s Sundance sensation “Patti Cake$,” featured a whit...

Alain Gomis’ ‘Felicite’ Continues The Case For Contemporary African Cinema [TIFF Review]

Bradley Warren

September 15, 2017 2:13 pm

News, Reviews

The newly reopened Quad Cinema’s upcoming retrospective "The Whole World Sings: International Musicals" aims to challenge established notion about that genre is exclusively an extension of the classical Hollywo...

‘The Shape of Water’: Guillermo del Toro Says Richard Jenkins’ Character Written For Ian McKellen [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

September 13, 2017 5:54 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Festivals, Interviews, News

TORONTO — The ride has already begun for Guillermo del Toro and "The Shape of Water." A return to the prestige horror that del Toro broke through with "Pan's Labyrinth," 'Shape' earned at raves at the Venice F...

‘Gutland’: A Familiar, But Striking Noir [TIFF Review]

Kyle Kohner

September 13, 2017 4:00 pm

News, Reviews

Filed under The Discovery Programme at TIFF, which highlights up and coming directors, Govinda Van Maele’s full-length feature "Gutland" is a striking debut, one that slowly burns through the magnificent landsc...

‘Kissing Candice’ Is A Beautifully Shot Female Coming-Of-Age Story [TIFF Review]

Elazar Fine

September 13, 2017 2:00 pm

News, Reviews

There’s a moment early in "Kissing Candice" that recalls a fake trailer Andy Samberg made for his 2013 Independent Spirit Awards hosting gig, mocking the sort of movies that get nominated for Independent Spirit...

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James McAvoy & Alicia Vikander Fall In Love In Wim Wenders’ ‘Submergence’ [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 12, 2017 5:30 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

There are few directors that cinephiles continue to hold out hope that they have another great movie in them like Wim Wenders. Aside from documentaries like “The Salt Of The Earth” and “Pina,” it feels like an ...

Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass Charm With ‘Outside In’ [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 12, 2017 4:28 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Chris (Jay Duplass) is finally coming home after twenty years in prison, and, as he tells his brother Ted (Ben Schwartz), “It’s weird.” He was still a teenager when he got caught up in a crime that spiraled out...

‘High Fantasy’ Is An Artistic & Intimate Body Swap Drama [TIFF Review]

Andrew Crump

September 12, 2017 3:40 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

If you take the title of Jenna Bass’s new film, “High Fantasy,” at face value, you’ll probably picture a stoner comedy-cum-genre flick, a’la “Your Highness,” in which unlikely heroes are pitted against mythical...

‘The Escape’: Gemma Arterton Falls In Love In Paris [TIFF Exclusive Clip]

Edward Davis

September 12, 2017 2:10 pm

Festivals, News

Not many actresses have managed to rebrand as successfully as Gemma Arterton. Just a few years back, and she was known mostly for her short-lived stint as a Bond girl, and for standing around delivering exposit...

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