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Zhang Yimou closes TIFF with a personal ode to the power of cinema

Two years after it was yanked from the Berlinale, the Chinese filmmaker's latest makes its international debut

Katie Rife

9/18/21 8:10PM

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The best films of Toronto 2021

We close another TIFF with our favorites of the festival

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There’s a strong streak of Hereditary horror in Broadway adaptation The Humans

Plus, the terrific new film from Asghar Farhadi in the waning hours of TIFF

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Why has Alanis Morissette denounced this documentary about her life?

An upcoming entry in the music-doc series that gave us Woodstock '99 is already pushing buttons

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At Toronto, three major films bloom in the shadow of Great Artists

Directly or indirectly, old masters loom over Bergman Island, Drive My Car, and Benediction

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Is Kenny G good, actually?

A new documentary from the director of Hail Satan? and a new horror film from the director of Host challenge…

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Olivia Munn battles assaultive anxiety on a very psychological day at TIFF

On the Toronto premieres of The Girl With The Spider, Compartment No. 6, and Violet

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The director of Portrait Of A Lady On Fire pivots from romantic to motherly love

Themes of parenthood run through three films from TIFF: Petite Maman, Earwig, and Good Madam

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Toronto gets the big folly of the festival out of the way immediately with Dear Evan Hansen

The fest’s opening night selection isn’t quite Cats bad, but it’s in that range

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The best films of Toronto 2020

Toronto ends this year not with a check out, a wave through a taxi window, and a short flight home, but with the…

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Road tripping with Werner Herzog as TIFF meanders to the finish line

Whether a critic likes it or not, Twitter reactions are the new first-look reviews at film festivals. As soon as the…

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Mark Wahlberg, of all stars, marches for tolerance in the maudlin TIFF premiere Good Joe Bell

It’s comforting that not everything is different this year at TIFF. The lineup may be smaller and the screenings may…

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Chloë Grace Moretz goes to war and a revenge thriller goes to the extreme at Midnight Madness

Although the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t strictly a genre fest, when it comes to horror, sci-fi, and…

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Frederick Wiseman and a portrait of Martin Luther King lead TIFF’s documentary slate

When people insist that a movie must be seen in a theater, what they’re usually talking about are its visual…

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Idris Elba saddles up and Rosamund Pike works a long con in two true-ish stories out of TIFF

An enjoyable (and frequently noted) side effect of unhinging one’s brain-jaw and inhaling movies like you’re No-Face…

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Pieces Of A Woman puts Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf through every parent’s worst nightmare

The raves for Nomadland at the Toronto International Film Festival have resparked excitement for Chloé Zhao’s next…

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A sex-positive shiva, a Native coming-of-age story, and a grim Appalachian indie at TIFF 2020

It’s been almost exactly six months since the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to everyone’s plans for the year—I know…

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Newly christened Venice winner Nomadland might be the American movie of the season

Called it. A few hours ago, the Venice Film Festival came to a close with a widely anticipated announcement: Chloé…

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Disciples, domestic drama, and a Lanthimos spawn travel from Venice to Toronto

The Toronto International Film Festival has just started, but across the world, one of its major counterparts is…

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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan fall into a seaside romance in the explicit but bloodless Ammonite

Even if Ammonite (Grade: B-) didn’t fall under the shadow of Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, it still wouldn’t be very…

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9/11/20 10:15PM

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