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Ep. 111: TIFF 2021, part 2

On the second of our TIFF 2021 podcasts, we discuss Power of the Dog, Ali & Ava, coming-of-age films, Midnight Madness, and more from this year’s festival.

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Clockwise: Romane Hemelaers in Earwig; Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons in Power of the Dog; Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar in Ali & Ava; Mothering Sunday

This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and special guest Angelo Muredda.

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On this episode:

  • Horror Symposium (2:08)
  • Joachim Trier book (4:35)
  • 10th anniversary of Weekend (6:30)
  • How was TIFF (7:00)
  • Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) (16:16)
  • Ali & Ava (Clio Barnard) (29:47)
  • The Platform Competition (39:23)
  • Drunken Birds (Ivan Grbovic) (44:29)
  • Earwig (Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (46:56)
  • The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (Luàna Bajrami) (52:41)
  • Mothering Sunday (Eve Husson) (54:37)
  • True Things (Harry Wootliff) (1:01:24)
  • Encounter (Michael Pearce) (1:05:01)
  • Wolf (Nathalie Biancheri) (1:05:55)
  • Midnight Madness (1:11:19)
  • African films (1:19:25)
  • Holocaust films (1:21:48)
  • Documentaries (1:27:58)
  • Ahed’s Knee (Nadav Lapid) (1:30:55)
  • Conclusion (1:35:11)

Show Notes:

  • Register for The Seventh Circle, a symposium on gender, sexuality, and disability in horror cinema.
  • Sign up for updates on the first book to ever be published on the films of Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier
  • Read our list of the best perfomances of TIFF 2021
  • Read Angelo’s TIFF at Film Freak Central and Cinema Scope

TIFF 2021 Reviews:

  • Read Orla’s review of Ali & Ava
  • Read Orla’s review of The Hill Where Lionesses Roar
  • Read Alex’s review of The Survivor
  • Read Orla’s review of Ahed’s Knee
  • Ep. 109: TIFF 2021, part 1
  • Ep. 102: Cannes 2021
  • Ep. 84: Berlinale 2021, Part 2: The Competition (Members Only)
  • Ep. 83: Berlinale 2021, Part 1: The Sidebars (Members Only)
  • Ep. 78: Sundance 2021, Part 1 (Members Only)
  • Ep. 6: Free Solo (Members Only)

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