Category Archives: TIFF Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF FILM REVIEW: David Cronenberg’s ‘Maps to the Stars’

Posted on September 5, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett David Cronenberg has made some terrific pictures but his latest, “Maps to the Stars”, is not one of them. Filled with bile, it spins a risible yarn about two generations of a family who find that lust … Continue reading →

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Toronto International Film Festival 2014: Sounding the gun

Posted on September 4, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett With its extraordinary track record of screening hit movies and eventual award-winners on their way out of the gate, the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off for the 39th time. The 39th Toronto International Film Festival commences … Continue reading →

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Alan Rickman’s ‘A Little Chaos’ to close TIFF

Posted on July 22, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett The Toronto International Film Festival announced that its closing film will be Alan Rickman’s period romance “A Little Chaos” starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenhaerts, which Lionsgate will release in the UK.

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‘The Imitation Game’ to open London film fest

Posted on July 21, 2014 by admin

By Ray Bennett “The Imitation Game” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as World War II code-breaker Alan Turing will be the opening film at the 58th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 8 with simultaneous showings of the red-carpet event in cinemas … Continue reading →

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British wave the flag at TIFF

Posted on October 1, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival last month sometimes seemed more like the London International Film Festival with a steady parade of British films and filmmakers. TIFF screened 288 feature films including 56 red carpet premieres … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEWS: ’12 Years a Slave’, ‘The Railway Man’, ‘Philomena’

Posted on September 13, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Of three major films at the Toronto International Film Festival that deal with slavery – “12 Years a Slave”, “The Railway Man” and “Philomena” – it’s no surprise that the most gripping is the one … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Streep, Roberts in ‘August: Osage County’

Posted on September 12, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO: At the start of “August: Osage County” an ageing poet and lifetime alcoholic leaves his family home to go drown in the lake and as the film goes on, the puzzle is why he hadn’t done … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Thompson, Bronson in ‘The Love Punch’

Posted on September 12, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO: An embarrassment for all concerned, “The Love Punch” is an irredeemably stupid concoction that aims to please the older crowd by showing middle-aged, middle-class people behaving as foolishly as possible.

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Ron Howard’s ‘Rush’

Posted on September 11, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Ron Howard’s Formula 1 racing picture “Rush” is top-class entertainment as it relates the 1970s rivalry between two very different drivers with intense drama on and off the track. Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) stars as charismatic … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Kill Your Darlings’

Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Poetry and poets have seldom fared well in movies and “Kill Your Darlings”, in which Daniel Radcliffe plays “Howl” creator Allen Ginsberg as a young man, is no exception. Directed by New York filmmaker John … Continue reading →

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