Out of Sync, 2021.Co-written and directed by Juanjo Giménez. Starring Marta Nieto, Miki Esparbé, Fran Lareu, Luisa Merelas, Cris Iglesias, Julius Cotter, Iria Parada, and Francisco Reyes.SYNOPSIS:A sound designer finds refuge from broken relationships with her ex, her colleagues, and her mother in the studio, where she can spend hours recording Foley and wild tracks, […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Snakehead
Snakehead, 2021.Written and directed by Evan Jackson Leong. Starring Shuya Chang, Jade Wu, Sung Kang, Perry Yung, Yacine Djoumbaye, and Devon Diep.SYNOPSIS:A Chinese immigrant gets caught up in an international crime ring of human smuggling while attempting to make a better life for her family.Documentarian-turned-narrative filmmaker Evan Jackson Leong (Linsanity) has been trying to get […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Other Tom
The Other Tom, 2021.Written and directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo. Starring Julia Chávez and Israel Rodríguez Bertorelli.SYNOPSIS:A mother risks losing custody of her son when she refuses to continue medicating his ADHD, after an accident alerts her to the drugs’ side-effects.Regular collaborating filmmakers Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo team up to deliver an […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021.Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar.SYNOPSIS:Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.There’s a huge […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – France
France, 2021.Written and directed by Bruno Dumont. Starring Léa Seydoux, Benjamin Biolay, and Blanche Gardin.SYNOPSIS:A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.It’s tough to consider what broader audiences will make of Bruno Dumont’s latest effort, a tri-pronged satire of sensationalist news, social media, and […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Survivor
The Survivor, 2021.Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Ben Foster, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, Danny DeVito, Dar Zuzovsky, and Saro Emirze.SYNOPSIS:Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Zalava
Zalava, 2021.Co-written and directed by Arsalan Amiri. Starring Navid Pourfaraj, Pouria Rahimi Sam, Hoda Zeinolabedin, Baset Rezaei, Fereydoun Hamedi, and Shaho Rostami.SYNOPSIS:Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.Exorcism movies are a dime-a-dozen, and so this new riff from Arsalan Amiri (Villa […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Charlotte
Charlotte, 2021.Directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana. Starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong.SYNOPSIS:An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943.Tacky thought it might seem to decry the well-trod storytelling and aesthetic […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – You Are Not My Mother
You Are Not My Mother, 2021.Written and directed by Kate Dolan. Starring Hazel Doupe, Paul Reid, Carolyn Bracken, and Ingrid Craige.SYNOPSIS:In a North Dublin housing estate, Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns, Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.Writer-director Kate Dolan announces herself […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Mad Women’s Ball
The Mad Women’s Ball, 2021.Co-written and directed by Mélanie Laurent. Starring Mélanie Laurent, Lou de Laâge, Emmanuelle Bercot, Benjamin Voisin, Cédric Khan, and Grégoire Bonnet.SYNOPSIS:A woman who is unfairly institutionalised in a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel “Le bal des folles” by Victoria […]
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