Toronto 2015: ‘The White Knights’ review
★★★★☆ In 2007, individuals associated with charity group Zoé’s Ark were charged with child abduction in Chad – their intention was to have the...
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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 2015: ‘Where to Invade Next’ review
★★★☆☆ It’s taken them long enough, but the Pentagon have finally turned to filmmaker Michael Moore for some sage advice regarding US foreign policy....
Toronto 2015: ‘Office’ review
★★★☆☆ Adapted for the big screen by writer-actor Sylvia Chang from her own play Design For Living, attempting to pigeonhole Johnnie To’s latest effort...
Toronto 2015: ‘James White’ review
★★★☆☆ The guys at Borderline Films are making something of a habit of striking, complex psychological dramas such as Antonio Campos’ After School and...
Toronto 2015: ‘In Jackson Heights’ review
★★★★☆ Another year, another Frederick Wiseman documentary, reaffirming his elegant mastery of his chosen medium. It’s always refreshing to see the veteran director continuing...
Toronto 2015: Homesick review
★★★☆☆ There’s a strange taboo at the heart of Anne Sewitsky’s sophomore directorial effort Homesick (2015), which she also wrote alongside Ragnhild Tronvoll. That...
Toronto 2015: ‘Der Nachtmahr’ review
★★★☆☆ Der Nachtmahr (2015), the directorial debut of German multi-disciplinary artist Akiz, begins with a title card requesting that the following film is “played...
Toronto 2015: ‘The People vs. Fritz Bauer’ review
★★★☆☆ Given the subject and its original title, Lars Kraume’s The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015) pits the irascible and implacable attorney general against...
