TIFF

'The Mother and the Bear' Warms a Winnipeg Winter

Directed by Johnny Ma

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024

On a cold Winnipeg evening, a rustling behind a dumpster in an alleyway startles a young woman, Sumi (Leere Park), who slips and falls on...

'Riff Raff' Is a TIFF Laff

Directed by Dito Montiel

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2024

'Riff Raff' is a masterwork of typecasting: there's Jennifer Coolidge as a sloppy drunk, Ed Harris as a gruff patriarch who balances caring...

'Shook' Tells a Different Sort of Scarborough Story

Directed by Amar Wala

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024

Movies set in Scarborough tend to show the beauty of the area through its grit and the trauma that follows. While there's certainly a need...

'The Life of Chuck' Is a Self-Serious Bore

Directed by Mike Flanagan

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with saccharine sentimentality and ponderous monologues about the meaning of life. The...

Anderson .Paak's Star Power Makes 'K-Pops' Pop

Directed by Anderson .Paak

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024

Anderson .Paak is hardly the first musician to sidestep from music to movies, but his filmography to date is extremely thin, mostly...

The Tragically Hip Honoured with Choir! Choir! Choir! Singalong at TIFF

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2024

The Tragically Hip will premiere their career-spanning docuseries this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, and to mark the...

Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2024

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2024

The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on September 5, taking over the city for 11 days with premiere...

Elton John 'Never Too Late' Documentary Bound for Disney+

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024

In June, a new Elton John documentary titled 'Elton John: Never Too Late' was announced as one of the first titles set to premiere worldwide...