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TIFF 51: “Tender Loving Care” could be Mike Leigh’s perfect swan song
by Cláudio Alves In 1971, Mike Leigh appeared on the scene with Bleak Moments, an exercise in social realism that wouldn’t immediately open the doors one might hope for in the British film industry....
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TIFF 51: Who were the best lead actresses at the fest?
Cláudio Alves and Eurocheese pause the current onslaught of TIFF reviews to discuss a topic near and dear to their hearts – actressing! Julianne Moore might just fake-smoke her way to a second Oscar...
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TIFF 51: Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden” is the best film of the year, bar none
by Cláudio Alves Everyone gets to vote for the TIFF People’s Choice Award, even the press. And while I can’t reveal some personal award votes later in the season, I can safely tell you my pick this one...
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TIFF 51: “La Bola Negra” is this year’s People’s Choice Award champion!
by Cláudio Alves Ever since its third edition, the Toronto International Film Festival has allowed its audiences to vote for their personal favorites. Back in 1978, Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends took the...
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TIFF 51: Andrew Scott delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in “Elsinore”
by Eurocheese Heading into my screening of Elsinore on the last day of the festival, I had heard a number of mixed things on the ground. Some said the film pulls too readily at heartstrings without...
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TIFF 51: Best Actress Watch – “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” and “Prima Facie”
by Eurocheese Rinko Kikuchi could become the first Japanese Best Actress Oscar nominee ever if HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! goes all the way. Continuing our quest to find potential Best Actress...
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TIFF 51: Mahershala Ali learns to be a better father in “Your Mother Your...
by Cláudio Alves In the current political climate, it feels incredible, nigh impossible, for such a movie as Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother to come out of a major Hollywood studio. Yet, here it...
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TIFF 51: “Tangles” packs a personal punch, wrestling with Alzheimer’s through...
by Eurocheese One of the top reasons to attend festivals is to find surprises, films that far exceed expectations and become unforeseen favorites. I had no plans to write up Leah Nelson's Tangles,...
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Review: "Resident Evil" perfectly toes the line between Comedy and Horror
by Ben Miller It should come as no surprise that director Zach Cregger knows how to blend horror and comedy together successfully. Even when taking a piece of well-established IP such as Resident Evil,...
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TIFF 51: Best Actress Watch – “Being Heumann” and “Onwards and Sideways”
by Eurocheese Ruth Madeley might be a new Best Actress contender for her work in BEING HEUMANN. Coming into the fall festivals, no category has been a larger question mark in the Oscar race than The...
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TIFF 51: “A Long Winter” leads Andrew Haigh up the Rocky Mountains
by Cláudio Alves The human figure against the grandeur of the natural world has obsessed visual artists for centuries, if not millennia. In A Long Winter, his latest film and follow-up to the highly...
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TIFF 51: “The Difficult Bride” takes body horror to the bridal salon
by Cláudio Alves Women are often called difficult when they’re just standing up for themselves, refusing mistreatment, expressing anxiety openly and unmasked. When it comes to the matter of weddings...
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TIFF 51: “The Debut” Explodes off the screen and into the Oscar race!
by Eurocheese In Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut, heltered housewife Mona Friedman (Julianne Moore) is the only person who applies for a small role in her local community theater musical other than...
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Venice: Elisa's Jury of One
Elisa Giudici reporting from Venice... [EDITOR'S NOTE: this was written shortly before the awards were handed so these are Elisa's feelings rather than comments on the winners.] May el-Toukhy's WOMAN...
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TIFF 51: Full of sorrow and fury, “Elephants in the Fog” is a queer gem from...
by Cláudio Alves It starts at night, opening credits fading in and out over an abstract blackness that slowly gives way to something more discernible. Strange sounds seep from the dark, a cry that...
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TIFF 51: “Four Seasons in Java” is Kamila Andini’s most ambitious film to date
by Cláudio Alves Over the last decade and change, Kamila Andini has become one of Indonesia's most acclaimed and internationally recognized filmmakers. Her debut, 2011’s The Mirror Never Lies, carried...
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Venice: "Primetime" by Lance Oppenheim
Elisa Giudici reporting from Venice “What story was Oppenheim trying to tell with this movie?” a colleague asked me right after we left the screening of Primetime. He sounded as baffled as I felt....
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TIFF 51: Stephanie Ahn’s “Bedford Park” is an unrelenting actors’ showcase
by Cláudio Alves Social realism is a preferred style for many directors in the American indie scene. However, one must be careful when indulging in its rawness, or else accusations of making misery...
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TIFF 51: “Fjord” works great as a conversation starter
by Cláudio Alves I don’t want this to become a yearly tradition. However, it’s notable that, for the second TIFF in a row, I chose to cap my first day at the fest with a Cannes prizewinner starring...
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TIFF ’26: “Everything Else Is Noise” crowns Nicolás Pereda the Wavelengths king!
by Cláudio Alves You may have noticed over the last few years of TIFF coverage that one particular section holds a special place in my heart. It’s the Wavelengths program, curated by Andréa Picard and...
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