Category Archives: TIFF Toronto International Film Festival

Recalling Carl Reiner and his favourite film

Posted on March 17, 2022 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The late American comic and film director Carl Reiner, who was born 100 years ago today and died in 2020, made some classic comedies but he told me ‘Dead Men Don’s Wear Plaid’ (above) was … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Interviews, Memory Lane, Recalling ..., TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'All of Me', 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid', 'Rachel Ward, 'The Jerk', 'The Man With Two Brains', Carl Reiner, Lily Tomlon, Steve Martin, Toronto Inernational Film Festival | Comments Off

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to open Toronto International Film Festival

Posted on July 22, 2021 by admin

By Ray Bennett The Toronto International Film Festival has selected Stephen Chbosky’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ (pictured), based on the hit Broadway show, to be its Opening Night film on September 9. Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ will close the festival on September … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Clemency’

Posted on September 16, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Alfre Woodard gives a profound and memorable performance in writer-director Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Clemency’, a moving examination of the personal tolls exacted by the death penalty. Most such stories focus on the victim and the condemned … Continue reading →

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TIFF19 announces first galas and closing film ‘Radioactive’

Posted on July 24, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Working Title’s 19th-century biopic “Radioactive”, starring Rosamund Pike (pictured) as Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, will have its world premiere at the closing gala of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 14. Organisers announced … Continue reading →

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Robbie Robertson and The Band doc to open TIFF 2019

Posted on July 18, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The documentary feature ‘Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band’ will have its world premiere at the Opening Night Gala of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 5, TIFF announced today.

Posted in Film, News, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band', Brian Glazer, Daniel Roher, Joanna Vicente, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, Ron Howard, TIFF19, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

FILM REVIEW: Natalie Portman in ‘Vox Lux’

Posted on May 3, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Just as in ‘Jackie’ two years ago, Natalie Portman gives a scintillating performance of a driven and complicated woman in a not very successful picture. Director and screenwriter Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’, which opens today … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Vox Lux', Brady Corbet, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Scott Walker, Sia, Stacy Martin, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

FILM REVIEW: Cruz and Bardem in ‘Everybody Knows’

Posted on March 8, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Married Spanish Oscar-winners Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have become a reliable partnership onscreen and their latest feature together, ‘Everybody Knows’, is a bright addition to their canon. It opens today in the United Kingdom.

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‘Roma’, ‘Cold War’ lead my Top 10 film picks of 2018

Posted on January 1, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – One of the great advantages of being a member of the Critics’ Circle and BAFTA is that distributors send out dozens of screeners of films for which they seek consideration in the annual awards. It means … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Film, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged '22 July', 'A Quiet Place', 'Cold War', 'Colette, 'First Man', 'Green Book', 'Roma', 'The Death of Stalin', 'The Favourite', 'Vice', Films 2018, Top 10 Picks | Comments Off

TIFF FILM REVIEW: Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Roma’

Posted on September 14, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Directors often claim full authorship of their movies in the credits but if ever someone merited that it is Alfonso Cuarón who is the writer, co-editor, cinematographer, producer and director of his dramatic masterpiece titled … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: David Mackenzie’s ‘Outlaw/King’

Posted on September 14, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Chris Pine keeps his Scots burr soft and believable in ‘Outlaw/King’, the saga of Robert the Bruce, the 14th century leader who succeeded where William (Braveheart) Wallace failed in uniting the Scottish clans to fight … Continue reading →

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