Julia, 2021. Written and directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West. SYNOPSIS: Julia tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Oscar-nominated documentarians Julie Cohen and Betsy West (RGB) return with another highly compelling and slyly affecting portrait of […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Out of Sync
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 […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – After Blue (Dirty Paradise)
After Blue (Dirty Paradise), 2021. Written and directed by Bertrand Mandico. Starring Paula Luna Breitenfelder, Elina Löwensohn, Vimala Pons, and Agata Buzek. SYNOPSIS: In a distant future on a savage planet, lonely teenager Roxy frees a criminal buried in the sand. Once freed, the woman starts spreading fear and death again. Roxy and her mother […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DASHCAM: The Future of Horror is Here! | TIFF 2021 Video Review
EJ Moreno with a video review of Rob Savage’s DASHCAM… Toronto International Film Festival premiered one of the year’s most interesting horror films with DASHCAM. Director Rob Savage returns after his breakout hit, 2020’s Host, with a new found-footage romp from Blumhouse. Critic EJ Moreno breaks down why this is one of his favorite films […]
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