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September 29, 2023

TIFF 2023: Seven Veils, by David Bax

In one scene in Atom Egoyan‘s Seven Veils, Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried), an opera director, steps between a projector and the screen. In a bit of footage meant to accompany her new avant garde-ish take on Salome, there is a child...

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September 28, 2023

TIFF 2023: Fallen Leaves, by David Bax

It seems sometimes as if Hong Sang-soo and Aki Kaurismäki are locked in an ongoing competition to see which of them can be most associated with scenes of their characters over-imbibing alcohol. Fallen Leaves, the latter’s latest, gets one on...

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September 27, 2023

TIFF 2023: Mambar Pierrette, by David Bax

Even if you didn’t know beforehand that Mambar Pierrette was the first narrative fiction film by an experienced documentarian, you might well guess it. Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam has an almost journalistic eye for process, turning the daily contents of a...

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September 26, 2023

TIFF 2023: Pictures of Ghosts, by David Bax

With Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho has boldly positioned himself alongside great directors–Agnès Varda leaps most directly to mind–who have cannibalized their own work in the service of making a sort of film memoir. But Filho’s filmography, impressive as...

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September 25, 2023

TIFF 2023: Arthur & Diana, by David Bax

Because much of it was shot on MiniDV and because the title and credit font is bright and scribbly, Sara Summa‘s Arthur & Diana sometimes feels like a remnant from the late 90s, like a Dogme 95 screwball comedy. Really,...

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September 22, 2023

TIFF 2023: His Three Daughters, by David Bax

If you’re familiar with the films of Azazel Jacobs, like 2011’s Terri or 2020’s excellent French Exit, it won’t surprise you to hear that the director’s latest, His Three Daughters, is a very talky movie. You’ll also likely understand that...

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September 21, 2023

TIFF 2023: Shoshana, by David Bax

It’s kind of shocking to recall what the name Michael Winterbottom used to conjure. In the early 2000s, he made anarchic pictures like 24 Hour Party People and Tristram Shandy, not to mention 2004’s 9 Songs, best remembered for scenes...

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September 20, 2023

TIFF 2023: Perfect Days, by David Bax

As an American who lives in my country’s second most populous city, Wim Wenders‘ Perfect Days made me feel extremely jealous of Tokyoites. Granted, the public toilets on display in the film–cleaned daily by our protagonist, Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho)–were built...

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September 18, 2023

Episode 861: TIFF 2023 Wrap-Up

David discusses the movies he saw in Toronto this year in the TIFF 2023 wrap-up. Movies discussed in the TIFF 2023 wrap-up include Evil Does Not Exist, How to Have Sex, The Delinquents, Do Not Expect Too Much from the...

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September 15, 2023

TIFF 2023: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, by David Bax

Well, Radu Jude is never escaping the Jean-Luc Godard comparisons. Not that he needs to. Those comparisons are not made to denigrate him or accusing him of being derivative. On the contrary, no matter how many have tried, few directors...

Category: tiff 2023

TIFF 2023: Seven Veils, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Fallen Leaves, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Mambar Pierrette, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Pictures of Ghosts, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Arthur & Diana, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: His Three Daughters, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Shoshana, by David Bax

TIFF 2023: Perfect Days, by David Bax

Episode 861: TIFF 2023 Wrap-Up

TIFF 2023: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, by David Bax

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