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20.09.2020 / 20:10

TIFF: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Wins 2020 People’s Choice Award And Becomes The Frontrunner For This Year’s Awards Season

And there we have it. After going home with the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Chloé Zhao‘s “Nomadland” just took the coveted People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2020.

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18.09.2020 / 22:07

’76 Days’ Is A Heartbreaking Inside Account Of The COVID Lockdown In A Wuhan Hospital [TIFF Review]

Set entirely in Wuhan, China during the 76-day COVID lockdown in early 2020, “76 Days” is a tight, tense, and, at times, unrelentingly emotional account of front-line pandemic medical combat. As a piece of high-impact experiential movie journalism, it feels close to the style of a standalone “Frontline” episode, missing only Will Lyman’s low and drama-heightening narration.

China city Wuhan, China hospital Inside TIFF 2020

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18.09.2020 / 18:45

‘The Water Man’: David Oyelowo Plunges You Into A Sweet, Spielbergian Adventure [TIFF Review]

David Oyelowo’s directorial feature debut, “The Water Man,” plays like a kid-friendly throwback to Steven Spielberg’s ’80s movies. It’s a coming-of-age story filled with adventure, friendship, and some serious topics that don’t overshadow its young protagonist’s hopes.

Steven Spielberg David Oyelowo Rosario Dawson Lonnie Chavis Alfred Molina TIFF 2020

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17.09.2020 / 18:52

Martin Scorsese Warns Of Cinema Being “Marginalized And Devalued” & Shouldn’t Become “Comfort Food”

Last year, Martin Scorsese found himself in the middle of a silly debate about whether or not Marvel Studios films (and franchise films, in general) were actual “cinema.” Comments made by the filmmaker contended that the artistic value of the medium is somehow missing from the current crop of blockbuster films. All this to say, Scorsese is a staunch defender of cinema and wants it to be as great and important as he believes it can be.

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17.09.2020 / 17:09

‘The Boy From Medellín’: Matthew Heineman Shows A Different Side To Reggaeton Artist J. Balvin [TIFF Review]

Before J. Balvin became a record-breaking chart-topper, he was José Álvaro Osorio Balvín, just another boy in Medellín, Colombia, with big dreams and an even bigger drive to make them come true.

J.Balvin Matthew Heineman Colombia TIFF 2020

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17.09.2020 / 17:08

‘Wolfwalkers’: Animated Irish Myth Is A Stirring Masterwork [TIFF Review]

Irish mythology has found glorious ambassadors in director Tomm Moore and the team at animation studio Cartoon Saloon. Their Oscar-nominated titles “The Secret of Kells” (2009) and “Song of the Sea” (2014) are visionary renderings of their homeland’s lore, and with “Wolfwalkers,” an epic and dramatically mature triumph, a perfect trilogy is complete.

Sean Bean Tom Moore Ross Stewart Tomm Moore Ireland TIFF 2020 TIFF

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16.09.2020 / 23:42

‘Another Round’ With Mads Mikkelsen Is A Boozy Blast Of A Midlife Crisis Movie [TIFF Review]

Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” begins with the frenzied depiction of Danish youth completing a beer “case race,” though the debauched fun is fleeting for us – and them. The sequence collides with the film’s opening title cards, which quickly cede to a more sobering reality: a dry faculty meeting.

Mads Mikkelsen Thomas Vinterberg Tobias Lindholm Denmark Another Round TIFF 2020

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16.09.2020 / 19:20

‘Violation’ Is A Smart & Visceral Take On The Rape-Revenge Narrative [TIFF Review]

True to its name, “Violation” is about an unforgivable transgression. Written, produced, and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, their feature debut follows Miriam (Sims-Fewer) on at least two (maybe more) trips to the woods.

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15.09.2020 / 22:17

‘Shadow In The Cloud’: Roseanne Liang & Chloe Grace Moretz Talk About Their Batsh*t Crazy WWII Genre Mashup [TIFF Interview]

As evinced already by its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, and the strong reactions it provoked—not to mention our caustic review—discussing and writing about the Midnight Madness movie “Shadow In The Cloud” can be a tricky and complicated affair. Directed by Chinese-New Zealand film director Roseanne Liang (2012’s “My Wedding and Other Secrets”) and starring Chloë Grace Moretz (“The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” “Suspiria”), “Shadow In The Cloud,” is a crazy, pulpy, genre-hopping B-movie about a female WWII pilot (Moretz) trying to warn her pig-headed, sexist male comrades of a sinister stowaway on board the aircraft while they battle Japanese airforces and compounding challenges.

Chloe Grace Moretz Roseanne Liang New Zealand China Japan county Cloud TIFF 2020

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14.09.2020 / 17:27

Rosamund Pike: ‘I Was Getting Too Earnest For My Own Good’ [TIFF Interview]

Rosamund Pike clearly relishes the opportunity to play characters with a bit of a nasty streak. Whether it’s earning critical acclaim as the conniving Amy in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” or as a surgeon on a mission of revenge in the little-seen B-movie “Return to Sender.” Her latest film, “I Care A Lot,” is screening at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and, once again, finds her going full throttle as an unexpected anti-hero.

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14.09.2020 / 06:01

‘Summer of ’85’: François Ozon’s Young Romance is Best At Its Sunniest [TIFF Review]

“Don’t take me for a psycho,” explains Alex, the protagonist of François Ozon’s “Summer of ’85,” explains in the film’s opening voice-over. “Corspes are not my thing… Corpses are not my thing.

François Ozon France TIFF 2020 Call Me By Your Name

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13.09.2020 / 20:09

‘MLK/FBI’ Is A Scathing Look At The FBI’s Attempts To Destroy Martin Luther King Jr. & The Civil Rights Movement [TIFF Review]

It’s 1963, and throngs of Black folks have packed the National Mall for the March on Washington. Images of jubilant men and women holding flags, and dressed in their Sunday best, strewn across the screen.

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13.09.2020 / 08:51

WTF? ‘Shadow In The Cloud’ Is A Relentlessly Schizophrenic Mess Of A Movie [TIFF Review]

Occasionally, in this line of work, you end up watching a movie bad enough to make you regret taking the assignment. Roseanne Liang‘s “Shadow in the Cloud” is a movie so bad, it made me regret choosing the profession.

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13.09.2020 / 06:41

‘I Care A Lot’ Unleashes Rosamund Pike in Her Best Role Since ‘Gone Girl’ [TIFF Review]

Fans of “Gone Girl” who have been patiently waiting for star Rosamund Pike to sink her teeth into another delectably devious role, rejoice. J Blakeson’s “I Care a Lot” provides the best showcase of Pike’s darkly ambitious drive since her Academy Award-winning breakthrough in 2014.

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13.09.2020 / 04:45

‘Wolfwalkers’: Animated Irish Myth Is A Stirring Masterwork [TIFF Review]

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11.09.2020 / 21:49

‘Bruised’: Netflix Reportedly Paying $20 Million For Halle Berry’s Directorial Debut Premiering At TIFF

One of the premier titles at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival comes from Halle Berry, making her directorial debut with “Bruised.” Even before the film was selected as part of TIFF, the buzz surrounding the film was building, thanks to Berry’s star power and the fact that the actress stars in the film as well as being behind the camera.

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11.09.2020 / 19:47

‘Penguin Bloom’: Naomi Watts Succumbs To Ableist Tropes & Overwrought Metaphor In Glendyn Ivin’s Film [TIFF Review]

“Mom’s not the same person she once was,” narrates adolescent Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston) over the coda of “Penguin Bloom.” He continues, “She’s not the person she wanted to be, but for me, she’s so much more than that.” This is ultimately the place at which any movie centered around the experience of living with a disability should arrive, acknowledging that the paralyzing fall endured by Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts) does not mark the end of life as she knew it but rather a reconstitution of it.

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11.09.2020 / 18:25

‘Get The Hell Out’: I-Fan Wang’s Zombie Action-Comedy Is All Sizzle, No Steak [TIFF Review]

You’ve gotta give “Get the Hell Out” this much: it sure does try hard. This Taiwanese zombie-apocalypse action/comedy is the first feature from director I-Fan Wang, and it’s the kind of movie where you discover that tidbit after the fact and nod knowingly – yes, of course, this was their first feature.

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11.09.2020 / 00:17

‘Enemies Of The State’ Is A Complex, But Gripping Cyber-Doc [TIFF Review]

A clunky home PC appears, unassumingly, through the doorway on the clip from the home video, in the midst of a guided tour through the typical suburban home. “That’s the computer that Matthew plays on all the time,” his mom explains.

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10.09.2020 / 23:31

‘The Way I See It’: Candid Reflections From Obama’s Photographer Don’t Offer Many New Insights [TIFF Review]

The slickest, most polished commercial for a photo collection book the world has ever seen, “The Way I See It” is less a documentary and more of a sales pitch. An assemblage of interviews and speaking engagement clips, on its surface the film is a meditation on presidential temperament as seen through the eyes of Obama’s official White House photographer, Pete Souza.

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10.09.2020 / 18:41

‘American Utopia’: Spike Lee & David Byrne Create An Exhilarating & Joyful New Concert Film Classic [TIFF Review]

Spike Lee and David Byrne aren’t an obvious pairing. While the former’s oeuvre, for the most part, features unflinching stories about Black life in America, the latter became a hero to white college-educated teens everywhere.

Spike Lee David Byrne New York USA American Utopia TIFF 2020

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09.09.2020 / 20:41

TIFF Reverses Course & Will Now Require Face Coverings To Be Worn During Screenings

Remember when AMC Theatres released its initial rules for reopening, saying that wearing a face covering would be optional? That was met with immediate backlash and a quick reversal from the corporation. Well, apparently the folks at the Toronto International Film Festival forgot about that whole drama and is now experiencing a similar situation.

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09.09.2020 / 18:49

‘Violation’ Exclusive Clip: A Sister’s Trust Is Betrayed In This TIFF Midnight Madness Thriller

Unless you have siblings of your own, it’s damn near impossible to describe that bond that is felt between them. Not only do you have a lifetime of memories and experiences that have been shared, but there’s this unspoken vow to always trust in one another.

Dusty Mancinelli TIFF 2020

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08.09.2020 / 18:33

‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ Trailer: Journalistic Integrity Is At The Center Of This Venice/TIFF Selection

The early-2000s was an interesting time in the world of journalism. With the internet becoming more and more ubiquitous by the day, that era saw the beginning of the shift from traditional newspaper/magazine journalism to a younger generation of hungry writers looking to use technology to their advantage.

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30.07.2020 / 22:09

Regina King’s ‘One Night In Miami’ Goes To Amazon Studios

Slowly, but surely awards season and the movie business is being to percolate once more. After being included in the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival line-up this morning, the period drama “One Night in Miami” has been acquired by Amazon Studios for a release in the “awards corridor” later this year.

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30.07.2020 / 17:11

TIFF 2020 Line-Up Announced: New Films By Regina King, Werner Herzog & Halle Berry

Like everything else this year, the 2020 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is looking a little different. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the film festival is undergoing some changes, starting with a reduced program and an unusual coalition with other festivals like Telluride, Venice and NYFF.

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08.07.2020 / 18:45

The Major Fall Festivals Commit To Collaboration In 2020: “The Art Form We Love Is In Crisis”

The COVID-19 pandemic has left the 2020 film festival schedule in shambles. Basically every festival from March until now has been either canceled or drastically altered with digital screenings.

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25.06.2020 / 20:39

‘Spring Blossom’ Trailer: Suzanne Lindon’s Debut Has Been Selected For Both Cannes & TIFF This Year

We already know that this year has been a bit of a mess in regards to film festivals, with COVID-19 forcing many of the spring and summer events to be canceled. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t already some films earning some early buzz thanks to some prominent festival selections, such as the upcoming feature “Spring Blossom.” READ MORE: TIFF 2020: New Films From Idris Elba, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Winslet & More Among First Wave Selections As seen in the trailer for “Spring Blossom,” the new film from director Suzanne Lindon follows the story of a 16-year-old girl, Suzanne, that finds herself bored with her life, her family, and her friends.

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24.06.2020 / 18:19

TIFF 2020: New Films From Idris Elba, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Winslet & More Among First Wave Selections

Just recently, it was revealed that all signs are pointing to the Venice Film Festival being able to hold a physical event, complete with a red carpet, beginning on September 2. This would lead you to believe that the Toronto International Film Festival, which begins a week later, would be able to do the same.

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