The first week of school is now in the rearview mirror, and we’re officially in the "final sprint" of the year. With non-stop activities, events, and holiday preparations on the horizon, it can either feel like a blessing or a curse, depending on where your mental and physical state is at. This …
This Week, a Brief Look at TIFF Offerings Before the Deluge!!!
By Anne Brodie Canadian author and filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose’s feature film debut, a remake of the 1958 film Bonjour Tristesse based on Françoise Sagan’s novel is extraordinarily seductive. Widower Raymond (Claes Bang) is spending a relaxed summer on the French coast with his daughter …
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Women in History Break the Glass Ceiling, Pop Stars Fight Back, and Be Careful What You Say Out Loud.
By Anne Brodie A radical feminist who changed the wine landscape for all time is celebrated in Thomas Napper’s Widow Clicquot. It’s 1840 in the fertile Champagne region of France. Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, played with authority by Haley Bennett is married to François (Tom Sturridge) …
Ambition’s Price, and Being Elsewhere.
By Anne Brodie Writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania's innovative style brings to vivid, unforgettable life Four Daughters, a quasi-documentary about a family of Tunisian women mourning the disappearance of the eldest two daughters who were "devoured by wolves". Ben Hania as the real mother Olfa …
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You’ll Be Charmed and Moved by Billy Luther’s Navajo Coming-of-Age Story Frybread Face and Me.
So what happens when eleven-year-old Benny (Keir Tallman) is sent from his home in San Diego to spend the summer on a remote Arizona res with his grandmother who speaks no English? Well, the Fleetwood Mac-loving youngster doesn't expect much but turns out, he has the time of his life. Billy Luther's …