Sep 15, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
Soundtracking the Resistance
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
Web Exclusive
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
Web Exclusive
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
