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October 10, 2018

TIFF 2018: The Wedding Guest, by David Bax

I can’t believe we’re still doing the blue and orange thing. It’s been nearly a decade since smart, observant film buffs began taking to the Internet to decry the suffocating trend in digital color grading that made every major studio...

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October 10, 2018

TIFF 2018: Climax, by David Bax

Gaspar Noé’s Climax is a Gaspar Noé movie, by which I mean that it delights in thrilling you as much it does in shocking and upsetting you. Let’s start with the first half of that equation. I’m delighted to report that this...

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October 9, 2018

TIFF 2018: Her Smell, by David Bax

It wouldn’t come as a surprise if Her Smell, Alex Ross Perry’s movie about the fall and rise of a fictional grunge/punk rock star, eventually comes to be embraced by horror fans. It’s not that it’s scary or supernatural or...

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October 9, 2018

TIFF 2018: Burning, by David Bax

With its palette of crepuscular light, its mounting paranoia and its offbeat sense of humor, there are things about Lee Chang-dong’s masterful new film, Burning, that seem like they wouldn’t be out of place in a late-career entry from David...

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October 5, 2018

TIFF 2018: Everybody Knows, by David Bax

To a lot of people, the term “melodrama” carries a bad stench. That’s too bad because not only are so many examples of melodrama legitimate classics, it’s an adaptable format that can still surprise and hit us hard. For example,...

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October 4, 2018

TIFF 2018: Splinters, by David Bax

If you didn’t know beforehand that Thom Fitzgerald’s Splinters was based on a stage play (by Lee-Anne Poole), well, you’d probably be able to guess it. Not only does almost every scene take place in one of two rooms, it also crams...

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October 3, 2018

TIFF 2018: 3 Faces, by David Bax

In recent decades, Iranian cinema has established a strong tradition of movies that take place largely in cars. Abbas Kiarostami made two classics, The Taste of Cherry and Ten. Now Jafar Panahi has a commendable double feature of his own with 2015’s Taxi and the...

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October 2, 2018

TIFF 2018: The Image Book, by David Bax

Breathless is a kind of a crime film. And A Woman Is a Woman is a kind of a musical. But by the time we get to the new The Image Book, almost 60 years after Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg smoked cigarettes and hid...

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September 24, 2018

Episode 601: TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Mashable’s Angie Han to discuss what they saw at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

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September 19, 2018

TIFF 2018: Sunset, by David Bax

If, at any point in the years since 2015’s Son of Saul, you’ve found yourself thinking, “I wonder if László Nemes still likes close-ups,” then I can confirm, having seen his newest film, Sunset, that he does. He also maintains an affinity...

Category: tiff 2018

TIFF 2018: The Wedding Guest, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: Climax, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: Her Smell, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: Burning, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: Everybody Knows, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: Splinters, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: 3 Faces, by David Bax

TIFF 2018: The Image Book, by David Bax

Episode 601: TIFF 2018 Wrap-Up

TIFF 2018: Sunset, by David Bax

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