College girl pretending to have cancer to raise money for… something, is an incredibly dicey, tense premise which Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of.
Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF19 review: Clemency, a harrowing drama about avoiding questions of morality by hiding behind the law
Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the process of a modern day execution
María Paz González on Lina From Lima
Lina from Lima is one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19. Director María Paz González talks making the film part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical.
TIFF19 review: Geraldine Viswanathan shines in Hala
Minhal Baig’s Hala is an observant character study of a young and curious woman trying to find her identity, torn between a devoutly religious Pakistani family and her life as an American-born teen in high school.
TIFF19: Maria Sødahl, Andrea Bræin Hovig, and Stellan Skarsgård on Hope
Norwegian writer-director Maria Sødahl discusses her remarkable marital/cancer drama, Hope, with lead actors Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård.
TIFF19 review: Comets , a lovely film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves
Tamar Shavgulidze’s quiet, lovely Comets is a film about memory, missed opportunities, and lost loves.