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Category Archives: TIFF Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF FILM REVIEW: George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Joyless, witless and pointless, “Suburbicon” is a would-be black comedy that is simply murky and not in the least comic. It boasts some big names – director George Clooney, stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore … Continue reading
TIFF FILM REVIEW: Dee Rees’s ‘Mudbound’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO: “Mudbound” is set in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s but with torrential rain, deeply ingrained racial hostility and changes wrought by World War II, it’s no treat to beat your feet. Two poor families – … Continue reading
FILM REVIEW: Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’
By Ray Bennett Damien Chazell’s musical fantasy “La La Land” starts badly but evolves into a sweet little film for romantics thanks largely to winning performances by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. A tale of two dreamers whose ambitions in … Continue reading
TIFF2016: Women lead the way at Toronto fest
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The big talking point at the 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival, which ended Sunday, was the sheer number of films that featured high-profile performances by women. Around 400 titles were screened at the shindig, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival
Tagged 'Arrival', 'Jackie', 'La La Land', 'Their Finest', Amy Adams, Emma Stone, Gemma Arterton, Natalie Portman, Toronto Inernational Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Gemma Arterton in ‘Their Finest’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest” is a crowd-pleasing British World War II comedy that tells of a hapless group of filmmakers at work on a morale-boosting movie with outstanding performances by Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Their Finest', Amanda Posey, Bill Nighy, Eddie Manson, Gaby Chiappe, Gemma Arterton, Helen McCrory, Henry Goodman, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Lionsgate, Lissa Evans, Lone Scherfig, Rachael Sterling, Rachel Portman, Richard E. Grant, Sam Claflin, Stephen Woolley, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Mick Jackson’s ‘Denial’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Mick Jackson’s “Denial” tells of a loudmouth who calls himself an outsider and makes offensively racist comments that he claims are jokes. No, it’s not Donald J. Trump, it’s a British writer named David Irving, … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Denial', Andrew Scott, David Irving, Deborah Lipstadt, Mick Jackson, Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Natalie Portman in ‘Jackie’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Chilean director Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie” purports to tell what Jacqueline Kennedy did in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. If the film is to be believed, the answer is: not … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival
Tagged 'Camelot', 'Jackie', Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Carroll Lynch, John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Pablo Larrain, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Burton, Richard E. Grant
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Amma Asante’s ‘A United Kingdom’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Amma Asante’s “A United Kingdom” tells with wit and relish the true story of the Forties romance between a black African Prince and a white English typist and the perils they face in both their … Continue reading
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Tagged 'A United Kingdom', Amma Assante, David Oyelowo, Jack Davenport, Patrick Doyle, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Tom Ford’s ‘Nocturnal Animals’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals”, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gylenhaal, is a handsome but fragmented drama about a woman in her 40s who feels alienated from life until a novel written by a former husband … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Nocturnal Animals', Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Abel Korzeniowski, Amy Adams, Andrea Riseborough, Armie Hammer, Focus Pictures, Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Linney, Michael Shannon, Michael Sheen, Tom Ford, Universal Pictures
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Garth Davis’s ‘Lion’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – “Lion” tells the incredible true story of a 5 year-old Indian boy named Saroo who gets lost and ends up 1000 miles away from his impoverished family, lands in an orphanage and is adopted by … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Lion', Dev Patel, Garth Davis, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawer, Toronto International Film Festival
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