Toronto Film Festival Adds Cannes Winner ‘Titane,’ Documentary ‘Attica’ to Lineup
The September festival added films in its TIFF Docs, Contemporary World Cinema and Midnight Madness sections
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‘Enemies of the State’ Film Review: Powerful Documentary Cuts to the Heart of Internet-Era Persecution and Paranoia
Director Sonia Kennebeck’s look at one family in the government’s crosshairs offers twists and unpredictability at every step
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‘Joe Bell’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg Hits the Road to Make You Cry
The earnest drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry is awkward at times, quietly affecting at others
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‘Summer of ’85’ Film Review: François Ozon Explores His Favorite Things – Sex, Death, Dark Humor
Forget the comparisons to ”Call Me by Your Name“ — this coming-of-age tale is as unpredictable as it is hazily nostalgic
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‘New Order’ Film Review: A Political Horror Moment Gets Its Political Horror Movie
TIFF 2020: In Michel Franco’s latest, inequality begets chaos begets totalitarianism. Welcome to 2020.
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‘Concrete Cowboy’ Film Review: Idris Elba Drama Finds Vibrant Life at Street-Corner Stables
Director Ricky Staub uses the real-life Fletcher Street Stables to explore a subculture that has been largely ignored outside of Philadelphia for generations
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‘La Llorona’ Film Review: Jayro Bustamante Examines Real-Life Historical Horror in Impressive Third Feature
The title may conjure up the supernatural, but this shrewd film contemplates the actual genocide perpetrated against Guatemala’s indigenous population
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‘Nomadland’ Film Review: Frances McDormand Hits the Road in Quiet, Lyrical Drama
Chloé Zhao’s film is a gentle, uncommonly rich drama in which the main character hits the road not to get away from home, but to find it
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‘I Care a Lot’ Film Review: Rosamund Pike Is Very Bad, and That’s Pretty Good
J Blakeson’s black comedy is a nasty little piece of provocation based around scenery-chewing badness from Pike and Peter Dinklage
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‘One Night in Miami’ Film Review: Regina King Goes the Distance in Impressive Feature Directorial Debut
Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke spend a memorable evening together in Kemp Powers’ adaptation of his stage play
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‘Another Round’ Film Review: Mads Mikkelsen Ties One On for Thomas Vinterberg
This incisive and insightful drama about drinking to excess is more about mid-life crises than a sermon about demon rum
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‘Wolfwalkers’ Film Review: Old-School Animation Invigorates Irish Eco-Fable
The team behind ”Song of the Sea“ and ”The Secret of Kells“ deliver another tale that’s charming, exciting, and thought-provoking
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‘Ammonite’ Film Review: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan Romance Burns With Quiet Passion
The 19th-century romance is a chamber duet by two virtuosos, reined in by a director who embraces the emotional but rarely gets sentimental
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‘City Hall’ Film Review: Frederick Wiseman Celebrates the Power of Civic Engagement
Boston mayor Marty Walsh becomes a constant figure in this examination of the good that government can potentially do with community involvement
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‘MLK/FBI’ Director Risked Helping the FBI Tarnish Dr King’s Legacy Because Story Was That Important (Video)
TIFF 2020: Sam Pollard’s documentary is a densely-packed story about how King was constantly harassed and surveilled by the FBI
