Toronto 2014: ‘The Duke of Burgundy’ review
★★★★☆ With his first two features, Katalin Varga (2009) and Berberian Sound Studio (2012), British auteur Peter Strickland has made a name for himself...
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16 September 2019
Toronto 2019: Jojo Rabbit takes People’s Choice Award
Despite dividing critics following its world premiere, Jojo Rabbit won over audiences in the public vote: Joker may well have had the last laugh at Venice, but it...
15 September 2019
Toronto 2019: Sea Fever review
★★☆☆☆ A creature feature for the environmentalist age, Irish TV and film director Neasa Hardiman’s latest project is a fun and inventive body horror that...
12 September 2019
Toronto 2019: Jallikattu review
★★★★★ Can violence be contained through ritual? Does sanctioning violence in specific contexts purge the need for its spontaneous outburst? In his seventh feature,...
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Toronto 2014: ‘Justice’ review
★★☆☆☆ Most of the contemporary cinema that European audiences get to consume from the Philippines come from visionary (and festival favoured) directors such as...
Toronto 2014: ‘Partners in Crime’ review
★★★☆☆ “If you run into anything unpleasant you must learn to face it yourself,” states a kindly counsellor in Chang Jung-chi’s sophomore feature Partners...
Toronto 2014: ‘From What Is Before’ review
★★★★☆ “The memory of a cataclysm” is how a voiceover at the end of Lav Diaz’s latest monumental feat, the Locarno-storming From What Is...
Toronto 2014: Read our TIFF programme preview
This Thursday (4 September), the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival will kick off in Canada with David Dobkin’s courtroom drama The Judge, starring Robert...
