#TIFF22 Review: Aftersun (Contemporary World Cinema)

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8th to 18th. Paul Mescal, the breakout star of the Irish miniseries Normal People, delivers a poignant performance in the film Aftersun as a young father on vacation in Turkey. Calum (Mescal) is on holiday with his 11-year-old daughter… Read More #TIFF22 Review: Aftersun (Contemporary World Cinema)

#TIFF22 Review: The People’s Joker (Midnight Madness)

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8th to 18th. The People’s Joker, which had its already infamous premiere at Midnight Madness the other night, is an ambitious art project that finds its creator Vera Drew messing around in the DC Comics universe to tell the… Read More #TIFF22 Review: The People’s Joker (Midnight Madness)

#TIFF22 Review: The Lost King (Special Presentations)

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8th to 18th. Sally Hawkins stars in The Lost King as Philippa Langley, a writer in England living with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome) who has hit a wall in her life, with an ex-husband (Steve Coogan)… Read More #TIFF22 Review: The Lost King (Special Presentations)