By John Corrado Out Standing is Quebec filmmaker Mélanie Charbonneau’s well-acted biopic of Sandra Perron, who became Canada’s first female infantry officer. The film is adapted from her 2017 memoir, Out Standing in the Field. A proud member of a military family, Perron (who is played in the film by Nina Kiri) joined the Canadian… Read More #TIFF50 Review: Out Standing (Discovery)
By John Corrado In his narrative feature debut Tuner, Oscar-winning Navalny director (and Toronto local) Daniel Roher delivers a delightful surprise. Roher’s first fiction film finds its own rhythm, with a carefully calibrated mix of tones that blends drama, romantic comedy, and thriller, set to a fitting, jazzy score. The film’s premise is also an… Read More #TIFF50 Review: Tuner (Special Presentations)
By John Corrado Nouvelle Vague is American director Richard Linklater’s playful look at the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s groundbreaking 1959 film Breathless, done in the spirit of a French New Wave film. A Texas filmmaker shooting in France, in the French language no less, might seem like a stretch. But the indie auteur attitudes of… Read More #TIFF50 Review: Nouvelle Vague (Special Presentations)