Movies
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This fall, cinema goes to space and explores the family connections left behind
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Before You Know It succeeds in its smaller moments
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Ad Astra is a bold effort, but is dragged down by a muddy storyline and limp plotting
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As a symbol of American action films, Rambo has always been far more than just a killing machine
Quebec filmmaker Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone is Canada's selection for the Oscars
The 92nd Oscars will take place on Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
Robbie Robertson tells his side of the story in Once Were Brothers
Chris Knight: He talks about the time he needed a hypnotist to get over what may have been stage fright, and he recalls touring with Bob Dylan
Downton Abbey makes a delightful return with its usual soapy antics and a few racy kisses — blimey!
Chris Knight: It says something about the soap-opera priorities of the show that a plot thread about a possible assassination of the King plays as an afterthought
TIFF 2019: The winners, losers and honourable mentions of the film festival
Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi’s satire of Nazi Germany in which he plays a child’s idea of Adolf Hitler, took the top award. But others didn't fare so well
For better or worse, celebrity soirées are as much a part of TIFF as the films themselves
Calum Marsh: It’s infectious, milling about around a nightly cast of luminaries, feeling inducted for a short time into a higher caste
From Titanic to Taxi Driver, TIFF filmmakers share the works that inspired them
'First it gives me inspiration, and second it gives me hope because I can see as an audience member that actually a movie changed my life'Read the Full Story →
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Official Secrets falls a little flat as a story, but is still able to incite some moral outrage
Chris Knight: Keira Knightley does what she can to keep the tension high, helped by Ralph Fiennes as her crusading, anti-war lawyer -
Freaks is the rare movie where a character outruns an explosion and it actually makes sense
Chris Knight: The filmmakers do a great job of world-building, contrasting a dim, dingy dwelling with the almost painfully bright cityscape outside her door
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The Goldfinch overflows with too much plot and too many coincidences
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In an era of mass murder, Warner Bros.' Joker will probably be too much for many
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The images in Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire have mesmerized festival audiences
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Hustlers is both a lighthearted heist flick and a cautionary tale
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For director John Crowley, The Goldfinch started from a very small, very personal place
At an event to honour Meryl Streep, TIFF co-head Joana Vicente shines
Adam Benzine: TIFF has probably been missing a trick by just focusing on its People’s Choice audience awardRead the Full Story →
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'Genre doesn't have to be generic': New voices get a platform at TIFF's Midnight Madness
Justine Smith: Even with some familiar names in the lineup, like Richard Stanley and Takashi Miike, the majority of 2019’s program are from filmmakers new to genre fans -
The strength of this year's Canadian lineup comes from TIFF's focus on fresh and innovative young voices
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Becoming Nobody is an effusively respectful portrayal of Ram Dass
Chris Knight: There’s surprisingly little in the film about what Ram Dass has been up to, but director Jamie Catto isn’t presenting a biography
TIFF has a message for Venice: Do better by women filmmakers
Adaptations take the spotlight at TIFF, with projects based on everything from an ancient Greek play to a popular podcast
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From Ad Astra to Little Women, this fall's movie slate has something for everyone
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It Chapter 2 spends too much time clowning around
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The 44th Toronto International Film Festival promises to once again turn the city into a Hollywood microcosm
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From Jojo Rabbit to The Lighthouse, these are your best TIFF bets
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Joker trailer shows Joaquin Phoenix as an emaciated outcast who slips into madness
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Hamlet this ain’t, though there is a touch of Romeo and Juliet in Road to the Lemon Grove
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This Changes Everything chronicles the little things that have changed for women in film
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Brittany Runs a Marathon gets a lot of distance on the plucky personality of star Jillian Bell