Film
This is a work of towering, masterful, sustained cinematic rage set at the dawn of the Reagan Era.
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This nuanced study in domestic malfunction is as universal as it is heartbreaking.
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It is on the universal theme of identity that “A Different Man” resonates most eloquently, demonstrating how who we are is not fixed but chosen, a mask we don whether it fits or not.
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Two closely watched films in Toronto were dark dramas that couldn’t have been more different.
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“The Bibi Files” is a documentary that should be seen before its revelations, caught on tape, are overtaken by a larger war; the Palestinian no-budget drama “To a Land Unknown” presents a credible picture of refugee life.
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In “Megalopolis,” we have Francis Ford Coppola, Titan of Cinema, unleashing his undiluted meditation on Roman History, US History, Political Rivalry and Cooperation, Urban Planning, Technology, Love, Marriage, etc.
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“The Substance” is the most insane midnight movie you’ll see in a multiplex in 2024. Needless to say, I loved it.
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) had much to offer this year, once you walked through construction debris to get to the theaters. Here are some films worthy of note.
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The cinematic shindig’s lineup features unconventional takes on familiar subjects.
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Arts Remembrance: Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith’s finest and most memorable roles drew on her genius for dramatizing the emotional complexity of outsiders.
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