Maple Leaf Two Lovers and a Bear is freezing cold, and a piece of surreal perfection Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan must have really taken to Kim Nguyen's surreal arctic love story because Two Lovers and a Bear left them out in the cold. The freezing cold, in fact. But to them, it was a very worthy project, and this original Canadian, The Shining-esque By Joanna • Sep 14, 2016 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Britney helps Justin, again (Warning - the ad that runs before the video is audible and auto-play by default - turn down your speakers) Justin Timberlake was at TIFF yesterday for the documentary Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids. On the carpet, E!’s Marc Malkin asked JT about the only thing that matters where By Lainey • Sep 14, 2016 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nick Cannon loves himself in The King of the Dancehall Nick Cannon turned up with this allegedly true story about Tarzan Brixton, a Brooklyn transplant who mastered the art of dancing in Kingston, Jamaica and became a dancehall champion in what is basically Step Up 2 Jamaican Streets. The King of the Dancehall is laughably bad, but it’s the By Sarah • Sep 14, 2016 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wakefield aka Two (Estranged) Lovers and an Attic. Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner basically star in a film that should be called Two (Estranged) Lovers and an Attic. Bryan plays Howard Wakefield, a high-end Connecticut-based lawyer who runs away from his idyllic married life to live in isolation on the property. In his mind, it's a By Joanna • Sep 14, 2016 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon’s full support Matt Damon was at TIFF yesterday as a producer on Manchester By The Sea, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Matt and Kenneth have worked together before – on a film called Margaret, critically acclaimed, but complicated behind the scenes by financial and editorial disputes. Click here for more background on By Lainey • Sep 14, 2016 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Manchester by the Sea deserves the hype Manchester by the Sea is Kenneth Lonergan’s third film, and his strongest result yet. The story centers on Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), a custodian in Boston who learns of his brother’s death and goes home to the fishing village of Manchester by the Sea to settle his brother’ By Sarah • Sep 14, 2016 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades … of a lot of stalkers The first trailer for Fifty Shades Darker dropped today and… I was EXCITED to watch this! When you’ve been immersed in a film festival and you’ve been screening Films with a capital “F” for a few weeks, sometimes it all gets a little too… Filmy. Sometimes you just By Lainey • Sep 13, 2016 05:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: A United Kingdom There’s a common problem with biopics and historical dramas of trying to do too much. It’s what makes a biopic feel overstuffed and shallow at the same time—there’s a lot of information being imparted, but the constant stream of exposition means less time devoted to story By Sarah • Sep 13, 2016 05:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Xavier Dolan deserves a break I have a ton of respect and admiration for Xavier Dolan. It’s hard not to, right? He’s 27. Every profile or review of his work mentions his age. He’s had movie after movie at Cannes, so much acclaim, directed Adele’s Hello video, has an LV campaign By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews American Honey really wants you to think it's as good as Spring Breakers... but it's not Kristen Stewart and Alicia Cargile dancing on the famous red steps in Cannes alongside the American Honey cast, including Shia LaBeouf? It was one of the more memorable moments from May's otherwise ultra-formal film festival. The couple attended to show support to Kristen's friends, who are By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Adams makes Arrival Space movies are making a comeback, thanks to audiences who only turn out for widescreen spectacles (same reason Westerns are coming back), and in Arrival we get one of the better recent space movies, even though technically, it doesn’t take place in space. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, and adapted By Sarah • Sep 13, 2016 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel Weisz in Denial at TIFF The phrase "never forget" has taken on a sarcastic connotation on social media, or in pop culture, and is often used to memorialize shortlived celebrity couples, fads or memes. But its origins stem from a scarier idea: that we need to remember certain moments in history (the Holocaust, By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling at their best in La La Land (Lainey: Sarah texted me right after the La La Land screening yesterday to tell me she liked it. “You liked a musical?” I started laughing. Because if Sarah couldn’t find a way to loathe a musical, it says something about the musical. This is why La La Land and By Sarah • Sep 13, 2016 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Queen of Katwe Queen of Katwe is a Disney movie set in Uganda starring an all black cast and directed by a woman. Its heroine is a girl. There are no white saviours. It’s about an 11 year-old chess prodigy who overcomes impossible circumstances to achieve greatness in a game usually reserved By Kathleen • Sep 12, 2016 05:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Moonlight Moonlight, the second film from writer/director Barry Jenkins, poses a lot of questions about race, class, identity, sexuality, masculinity, what it means to be black in America, to be gay in America, to be black and gay in America, and whether or not we’re ready to admit that By Sarah • Sep 12, 2016 05:22 pm
Quiveration Tom Ford & half My Obsession I covered the Nocturnal Animals red carpet at TIFF for etalk last night. That's Tom Ford. Blaring at me on my schedule for days. Every time I looked at it I felt sick. It's Tom Ford. He can be intimidating. Not forgiving of fools. And I By Lainey • Sep 12, 2016 02:39 pm
