Category Archives: TIFF Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF FILM REVIEW: Clive Owen in ‘Trust’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The title of David Schwimmer’s understated drama “Trust” derives from children and parents who have too much of it when dealing with the potential perils of internet chat rooms. Clive Owen provides a wrenching study … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Jeanne Labrune’s ‘Special Treatment’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Parisian sophistication is hard work in Jeanne Labrune’s ineffectual “Special Treatment,” which attempts to explore the similarities between prostitution and psychoanalysis. Isabelle Huppert plays a 40-ish uptown hooker bored with her chosen career path who … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘Made in Dagenham’

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The real-life tale of a group of female machinists who took on the Ford Motor Company in England and earned equal pay for women gets a rousing and entertaining telling in Nigel Cole’s crowd-pleasing “Made … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Khalo Matabane’s ‘State of Violence’

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Khalo Matabane’s South Africa-set “State of Violence” is a sturdy and straightforward parable about the way violence becomes an endless cycle unless someone is prepared to put a stop to it. Its linear story is … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘Behind Blue Skies’

Posted on September 11, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Swedish filmmaker Hannes Holm turns a jaundiced eye on 1970s idealism and nostalgia in “Behind Blue Skies” but its discordant elements leave it not as funny and penetrating as it was no doubt intended to … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Kristian Petri’s ‘Bad Faith’

Posted on September 11, 2010 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The banality of evil takes a hammering in Kristian Petri’s “Bad Faith,” a stylish but illogical tale of ordinary people with an appetite for murder. Thrillers don’t necessarily need to be plausible but the coincidences … Continue reading →

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VENICE FILM REVIEW: Coen Bros’ ‘Burn After Reading’

Posted on September 4, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett VENICE – When Randy Newman was writing the score for the Mel Gibson western “Maverick,” director Richard Donner asked him if he could write some funny music. “Funny music? What’s funny music?” asked Newman. “I could stick … Continue reading →

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