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The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs
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TIFF / The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs: Exclusive Interview with Directors Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi

©Courtesy of TIFF In the new documentary, The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs, celebrated Indigenous Shipibo-Conibo artist Sara Flores confronts the excesses of Western culture. As her visibility grows, she also finds herself increasingly engaged with environmental destruction and the struggle for Indigenous land rights. Èlia Gasull Balada and Matteo Norzi wrote and directed the film….

Karen Benardello
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The Debut
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TIFF/The Debut Review: Julianne Moore Steals the Spotlight in Jesse Eisenberg’s Wacky, Wonderful Comedy

©Courtesy of A24 Jesse Eisenberg‘s third film as a director takes a sharp turn from his previous two. “When You Finish Saving the World” (2022) and “A Real Pain” (2024) were grounded in recognizable human behavior, “The Debut” throws realism out the window for the delightfully wacky and eccentric. It is quirky, entertaining and packed with laughs, and Eisenberg nails…

Niclas Goldberg
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Look Back
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TIFF/ Look Back Review: Kore-eda Draws Friendship in Gentle Strokes

ⓒCourtesy of The Toronto International Film Festival In Japan, manga can be a way for girls to express themselves, find an identity and, ultimately, connect with another person. In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, “Look Back” drawing gives two very different girls a way to express who they are and understand each other. What begins as…

Niclas Goldberg
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TIFF/Christy Review: Sydney Sweeney Packs a Punch in Biopic Boxing Drama
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TIFF/Christy Review: Sydney Sweeney Packs a Punch in Biopic Boxing Drama

Photo by Eddy Chen – © courtesy of Black Bear Boxers have always been symbols of grit in a cinema. They fight not just opponents, but demons of pride, poverty, and identity. From Sylvester Stallone’s underdog triumph in “Rocky“ (1976) to Robert De Niro’s bruising portrait of self-destruction in “Raging Bull“ (1980), the ring becomes a…

Niclas Goldberg
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Dead Man's Wire
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TIFF/ Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Back in Shape with a Splendid Bill Skarsgård

©Courtesy of TIFF David Lynch’s surreal “Eraserhead“ was about to flicker onto screens, and Jimmy Carter had just been sworn in as president. It was early 1977 — post-Kennedy, post-Watergate America — when Indianapolis businessman Tony Kiritsis stormed into an office and wired a sawed-off shotgun to the back of a mortgage broker’s head. What followed…

Niclas Goldberg
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Frankenstein
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TIFF/ Frankenstein Review: Jacob Elordi Stuns in Guillermo del Toro’s Visually Grand Gothic Tale

©Courtesy of Netflix Watching a Guillermo del Toro film feels like discovering a forgotten fairy tale in a mausoleum — lush, disturbing, and hard to forget. The Mexican filmmaker crafts fables for grownups: grotesque yet tender, brutal yet poetic. More than just spectacle, we can’t stop liking his emotional monsters — from “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006) to “The…

Niclas Goldberg
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The Wolves Always Come at Night
Interviews

TIFF: Exclusive Interview with The Wolves Always Come at Night Director Gabrielle Brady

Families around the world have long cherished the locations and enduring, unique traditions of the places they call home. Unfortunately, their foundations can ultimately forever change as their situations become tenuous, which forces them to adapt to a new way of life. Young couple Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg, along with their four children, are…

Karen Benardello
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TIFF: ‘My Sunshine’ is an Affecting Story of Young Love and Skill
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TIFF: ‘My Sunshine’ is an Affecting Story of Young Love and Skill

There are many reasons that people might enter the world of sports. Often it’s true talent or the support – or enthusiastic encouragement, however warranted by ability – of a family member, friend, or coach. It can also just be the oldest and most basic motivation of all, to be close to and impress someone…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Saturday Night
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TIFF Review: Chaos is Saturday Night’s Neighbor

Not even Lorne Michaels himself could describe what the show was about. The turmoil around the founder of Saturday Night Live, America’s longest running sketch variety show and one of the most famous institutions in the history of television, is the focus in Jason Reitman’s latest film Saturday Night (as the show used to be…

Niclas Goldberg
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TIFF: Walking to Keep Going in ‘The Salt Path’
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TIFF: Walking to Keep Going in ‘The Salt Path’

People walk long trails for a variety of reasons. In many cases, it’s to work through and get past something traumatic, extracting a person from a triggering environment to give them some time to heal. In others, however, it’s out of necessity since they simply have no place to live. The Salt Path tells the…

Abe Friedtanzer
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TIFF: Paying for the Past in Japan’s Oscar Entry ‘Cloud’
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TIFF: Paying for the Past in Japan’s Oscar Entry ‘Cloud’

Actions are rarely without consequences, even if takes a while for them to materialize. One unfortunate or regrettable decision may bring with it an undue and disproportionate response, but a pattern of illegal or unethical behavior will eventually incur some sort of justice, even if it’s merely cosmic and not literal or cut-and-dry. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s…

Abe Friedtanzer
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