Category Archives: TIFF Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF FILM REVIEW: Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity 3D’

Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Digital and 3D filmmaking will win more fans if the movies are anywhere as good as Alfonso Cuaron’s spectacularly fine “Gravity”. The picture shows none of the seams of CGI as it depicts with breath-taking … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Prisoners’

Posted on September 10, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The positive reviews of Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s second film, a police procedural titled “Prisoners”, are a puzzle since “Criminal Minds” has done this stuff better week in and week out on TV for a … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Jude Law in ‘Dom Hemingway’

Posted on September 9, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO: Petite and cultured Jude Law in his new film “Dom Hemingway” aspires to become a tough-guy London gangster type and fails risibly. He’s bulked up and balding but he’s more Phil Collins than Jason Statham in … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’

Posted on September 9, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is altogether earnest and honourable with fine performances by Idris Elba and Naomie Harris but its natural home appears to be television rather than the movies. Director Justin Chadwick is … Continue reading →

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TIFF PREVIEW: Awards season kicks off

Posted on September 3, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett The Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 5, has a long record of spotting films destined for prizes and commercial success. This year will be no different. Veteran Time Magazine film critic Richard Corliss … Continue reading →

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TIFF: ‘Silver Linings’ wins People’s Choice Award

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – David O. Russell’s comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence has won the People’s Choice Award at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Previous winners of the award include “The King’s … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – For anyone with a memory, it’s hard to think of the CIA as the good guys but they are in Ben Affleck’s gripping thriller “Argo”, which tells of the retrieval from Tehran of a group … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’

Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – It’s brave of Irish film director Neil Jordan to take on a fresh vampire story given how crowded the market is for the undead but in “Byzantium” he has turned out a good old fashioned … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Bill Murray in ‘Hyde Park On Hudson’

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – At a time when political invective has reached new lows with the media complicit in its extremes, “Hyde Park On Hudson” tells of a time when politics and the press were handled with the greatest … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Robert Redford’s ‘The Company You Keep’

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Robert Redford returns to political intrigue and newspapers in “The Company You Keep”, which tells of a group of radical activists who have evaded the law for decades under assumed identities and who now face … Continue reading →

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