Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a rare American-Iranian co-production, is a disappointedly cliched horror offering. The Night will be released virtually in the US …
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All About Eve at 70: A closeup on Joseph Mankiewicz’s classic and its stage adaptation
On the 70th anniversary of Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve, we dissect Ivo Van Hove’s recent stage revival, and its use of the 'cinematic' closeup with on …
TIFF Review: Akilla’s Escape is a tempered Saul Williams showcase
Charles Officer's Akilla's Escape works best at its most stripped back, but too often the film gets caught up in tired crime tropes. Keep up to date with our …
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TIFF Review: The Best is Yet to Come is a freelancer’s wet dream
Jing Wang’s directorial debut, The Best is Yet to Come, is a middle-of-the-road story on the value of journalism has little new to offer. Keep up to date with …
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TIFF Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is less than necessary
Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan's The New Corporation is a documentary sequel to The Corporation that's not as radical as it thinks it is. Keep up to date with …
White Lie directors Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis plunge the viewer into moral turmoil
In this interview, directors Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis discuss their film White Lie, collaborating, using in-depth research to make fiction, and why they …