Mountains: A Wiser, Kinder View of Haitian Immigrants
ReviewJim SlotekMountains, TIFF 23, Monica Sorelle, Chris Renois, Sheila Anozier, Atibon Nazaire, Immigrant experience, Haitian stories, Haitian experience, Drama
Will & Harper: A Comedian in a Car with his Confidante Tests Middle America's Humanity
A Different Man: Finding the Face that Defines You, Society Be Damned
An Unfinished Journey: The Forgotten Women of Afghanistan, and the Ones Who Fled to Fight On
Wolfs: Pitt and Clooney Rekindle Chemistry as Competing 'Fixers' in an Unchallenging Action Comedy
By Karen Gordon
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My Old Ass: Texting-Across-Time Sets Up a Funny and Tender First-Love Story
The Invisibles: Imaginative Film Asks, Is It Better to Be Not Seen Than Hurt?
Agatha All Along: WandaVision's Surprise Witch-Villain is Powerless to Save Her Own Series
The Substance: Do I Look Fat in This Movie? Demi Moore Kicks Ass in Body Horror Extravaganza
ReviewJim SlotekThe Substance, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, TIFF 24, Midnight Madness movies, Body horror, Thriller, Aging issues, Aging, Toxic Beauty, Coralie Fargeat, Comedy
Transformers One: A Return to Their Animated Roots, With More 'Reveals' Than Meets the Eye
TIFF '24: Offering Our Likes and Dislikes at the 49th Festival... and Some Free Advice
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Anora, Megalopolis, The Brutalist, Rumours, The Deb, Universal Language, The Substance, Seeds, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Matt and Mara, Saturday Night, You Are Not Alone, Will & Harper, Bonjour Tristesse, Millers in Marriage, Russians at War, Emilia Pérez, The Last Showgirl, The Life of Chuck, The Last Republican
The Deb: TIFF '24's Muted Closing Gala was a Mean Girl-ish Musical That Should Be Heard
ReviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, TIFF '24, Teen movie musicals, Australian movie musicals, Actors turned director, Rebel Wilson, The Deb, Charlotte MacInnes, Natalie Abbott, Naomi Sequeira
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 13
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Dead Talents Society, Midnight Madness, Happyend, Centrepiece, TIFF Next Wave Selects, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Special Presentations, Pedro Páramo, Platform, Seven Days, The Quiet Ones, Discovery, The Substance, They Will Be Dust, Emilia Pérez, The Shadow Strays, The Penguins Lessons, The Last Republican, On Swift Horses, Russians at War, Else, Do I Know You From Somewhere?, The Gesuidouz
Speak No Evil: A Rousingly Entertaining Thriller, and That's Disappointing
The Critic: Ian McKellen Shines Dishing Out Murderous Opinions in an Imperfect Film
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 12
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, All of You, Special Presentations, Dead Mail, Midnight Madness, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Gala Presentations, Nightbitch, Nutcrackers, The Luckiest Man in America, The Swedish Torpedo, Centrepiece, We Live in Time, Your Tomorrow, TIFF Docs, Vice is Broke
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 11
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekA Missing Part, Centrepiece, Babygirl, Special Presentations, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, TIFF Docs, Ick, Midnight Madness, Saturday Night, The Girl With The Needle, The Shrouds, Gala Presentations, You Are Not Alone, Discovery
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 10
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekAnywhere Anytime Centrepiece, Centre, Escape from the 21st Century, Midnight Madness, Paul Anka: His Way, Special Presentations, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Gala Presentations, The Party’s Over, Discovery, Will & Harper, TIFF Docs, Winter in Sokcho, Platform, Universal Language, Centrepiece
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 9
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF '24, Kill the Jockey, Centrepiece, Riff Raff, Sad Jokes, Discovery, The Room Next Door, Triumph, Viktor, Platform, Wrecked a Bunch of Cars, Had a Good Time, Short Cuts, Heretic
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 8
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Anora, Conclave, Special Presentations, Meet the Barbarians, Gala Presentations, Rumours, Discovery, Village Keeper, Shook, The Last Showgirl, Friendship, Midnight Madness