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TIFF 2024: Young Werther, Addition, My Father’s Daughter

TIFF 2024: Young Werther, Addition, My Father’s Daughter

On three films from TIFF, including a charmer starring Allison Pill.

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TIFF 2024: Daniela Forever, Can I Get a Witness?, Ick

TIFF 2024: Daniela Forever, Can I Get a Witness?, Ick

On three unique sci-fi films from this year's TIFF.

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TIFF 2024: Table of Contents

TIFF 2024: Table of Contents

A portal to all of our coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival....

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TIFF 2024: Paying For It, Viktor, Mr. K

TIFF 2024: Paying For It, Viktor, Mr. K

TIFF’s Platform Films section holds a special place in my heart because even though...

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Everything the Light Touches: James Earl Jones (1931-2024)

Everything the Light Touches: James Earl Jones (1931-2024)

A tribute to the late, great legend of stage and screen, a shapeshifter who transcended...

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A Woman Without Peers: Gena Rowlands (1930-2024)

A Woman Without Peers: Gena Rowlands (1930-2024)

“You change your energy and allow another person to haunt your house, so to speak....

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Rob Peace

Rob Peace

"Rob Peace," based on a true story, is a kind of movie that doesn't get made too...

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Close to You

Close to You

There are two main types of stories about small town people finding themselves:...

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The Most Vital Actress of Her Generation: A Goodbye to Gena Rowlands

The Most Vital Actress of Her Generation: A Goodbye to...

Richard Brody, the highly esteemed critic of The New Yorker, would often wish Gena...

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Locarno Film Festival 2024: Eight Postcards from Utopia and Sleep #2

Locarno Film Festival 2024: Eight Postcards from Utopia...

Radu Jude is a cheeky filmmaker, espousing a biting Romanian humor that takes to...

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Book Excerpt: A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda by Carrie Rickey

Book Excerpt: A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work...

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from Carrie Rickey's new book about...

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Michael Brown and Michael Oliver on Editing Welcome to Wrexham

Michael Brown and Michael Oliver on Editing Welcome to...

Buying a cash-strapped, more losses than wins Welsh football team might seem like...

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Conversation Piece: Phil Donahue (1935-2024)

Conversation Piece: Phil Donahue (1935-2024)

Phil Donahue, who passed away on August 18 at the age of 88, did not introduce the...

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​Subjective Reality: Larry Fessenden on Crumb Catcher, Blackout, and Glass Eye Pix

​Subjective Reality: Larry Fessenden on Crumb Catcher,...

As the founder of Glass Eye Pix, writer-director Larry Fessenden has spent nearly...

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In Memoriam: Alain Delon

In Memoriam: Alain Delon

Last year, at the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, I saw a newly restored...

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Duchess

Duchess

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in the ‘90s,...

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane

The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens of the Western...

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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser than “Twilight...

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Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you have...

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Cuckoo

Cuckoo

“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director...