Sep 22, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
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The backgrounds that form the soaring orchestral pop echoing out on Gracie Coates and Rachel Ruggles' self-titled debut as Gracie and Rachel can be reduced to a west coast/east coast duality. Hailing from California, and now based in New York, there's the majestic lightness of the golden state, and the urban isolation of NYC. More
Sep 20, 2017
By Austin Trunick
Whistle Stop not only attempts something new with the engines, rails, goods, and stock certificates we see in so many games, but does so with a soothing color palette that almost guarantees it’ll set itself apart from any other game on your shelf. More
Sep 16, 2017
By Jason Wilson
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The end has arrived. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival has been a ride simultaneously invigorating and exhausting. The films have been, as expected, a mixed bag. You can't possibly be inundated with four movies per day for nine days and expect them all to hit their marks. But, the cream rises. More
Sep 15, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
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This week Benjamin Clementine discusses the inspirations for his new record and the problems he sees around him, plus we round-up Trump's deal-cutting, hurricanes, mass persecution in Myanmar, The Beatles on the EU, and Mavis Staples on the state of America.
Sep 14, 2017
By Jason Wilson
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We're a week in, and I finally caught up with Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Lady Bird. This garnered a massive amount of fanfare following its premiere, and I wish I had managed to get into that. More
Sep 13, 2017
By Jason Wilson
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Let's work backwards. It's 1:30 in the morning here in Toronto, I just got in from S. Craig Zahler's latest Brawl in Cell Block 99, and I'm wired but need to sleep. Midnight Madness, as I've professed in this space before, is my favorite part of TIFF. It's not because it features the best, most thoughtful films of the year, and it isn't always high art. More
Sep 12, 2017
By Jason Wilson
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Indulge me a moment while I step up on a soapbox. One of my biggest pet peeves about going to the cinema, something that is occasionally amplified during festivals, is audience behavior. More
Sep 11, 2017
By Jason Wilson
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Buzz is tricky around a film festival. Being too in tune with what the hive mind of critics and patrons and industry folk are talking about, you may be influencing your opinion too much without even knowing it. More
Sep 10, 2017
By Jason Wilson
Three strong films for day three: The Death of Stalin, Thelma, and The Florida Project. More
Sep 09, 2017
By Jason Wilson
The key to surviving (being used VERY loosely) a film festival is being prepared and knowing where to get coffee. More
