Film
This is a work of towering, masterful, sustained cinematic rage set at the dawn of the Reagan Era.
This nuanced study in domestic malfunction is as universal as it is heartbreaking.
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.
Two closely watched films in Toronto were dark dramas that couldn’t have been more different.
“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.
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.
“The Substance” is the most insane midnight movie you’ll see in a multiplex in 2024. Needless to say, I loved it.
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.
The cinematic shindig’s lineup features unconventional takes on familiar subjects.
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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