By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest short film directed by Zack Russell and starring Kayla Lorette – who previously collaborated on the fascinating She Stoops to Conquer which played at the festival in 2015 – 7A takes place in a single location and involves a young woman (Lorette) who is alone in… Read More #TIFF18 Review: 7A
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival came to a close yesterday, with Transformer taking home both the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, and the general Audience Award as well. Below are my final reviews from the festival. Enjoy! The Reckoning: Hollywood’s Worst Kept Secret – ★★★ (out of… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: The Reckoning, Andy Irons: Kissed By God, Inventing Tomorrow, Roll Red Roll, MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A., Wind of Swabia
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! The Feeling of Being Watched – ★★★ (out of 4) The close-knit and predominantly Muslim community of Bridgeview, Illinois has been… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: The Feeling of Being Watched, Letter From Masanjia, Believer, More Human Than Human, Pick of the Litter
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! United We Fan – ★★½ (out of 4) The dedicated fans who have put together letter writing campaigns and started… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: United We Fan, Behind the Curve, 306 Hollywood, Bathtubs Over Broadway, Minding the Gap, Bachman
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! The Devil We Know – ★★★ (out of 4) When DuPont brought Teflon onto the market in the 1940s, it… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: The Devil We Know, The White World According to Daliborek, The Cleaners, The Bill Murray Stories, Recovery Boys
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Exit Music –★★★ (out of 4) Formerly titled How Do You Feel About Dying, Exit Music follows Ethan Rice, a… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Exit Music, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Love, Gilda, Gurrumul, The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Three Identical Strangers – ★★★½ (out of 4) When the 19-year-old Bobby arrived at college in 1980, he was treated… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Three Identical Strangers, I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story, Bisbee ’17, The Game Changers, Shirkers
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Transformer – ★★★ (out of 4) Gaining fame as a champion weightlifter and bodybuilder, and also serving in the US Marines,… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Transformer, The Night of All Nights, Bernie Langille Wants to Know Who Killed Bernie Langille, Golden Dawn Girls, Playing Hard
By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival kicks off tonight and will be running until May 6th in Toronto. This is the first set of many reviews that I will be posting throughout the festival, and more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, Take Light, The Artist and the Pervert, The Accountant of Auschwitz, Chef Flynn, Anote’s Ark
By John Corrado The 12th edition of the Canadian Film Fest starts tomorrow night at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto, showcasing a selection of ten features and twenty shorts, all from homegrown filmmakers. I had the chance to preview six of the features, including opening and closing night films Becoming Burlesque and The Go-Getters, and… Read More Previewing the 2018 Canadian Film Fest
By John Corrado The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri taking home the People’s Choice Award. Before we officially close the books on this year’s festival, below are my thoughts on the five final films I saw over the weekend. More information on these movies can be… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Molly’s Game, Brad’s Status, Battle of the Sexes, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and 55 Steps
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on these movies can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! The Lodgers – ★★½ (out of 4) Taking place in rural Ireland in the 1920s, The Lodgers is a ghost story that follows orphaned teenaged twins Rachel (Charlotte… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: The Lodgers, Valley of Shadows, Our People Will Be Healed and There is a House Here
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Bodied – ★★★½ (out of 4) Adam (Calum Worthy) is a nerdy white graduate student at Berkeley who is fascinated by battle rap, writing his thesis paper… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Bodied, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Faces Places, Three Christs and Indian Horse
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) I watched The Tragically Hip’s final concert in a movie theatre that was showing it live last summer. I couldn’t be in Kingston that night but, like a third of all Canadians, I was glued to that screen for every single song. I was thankful for the chance… Read More Review: Long Time Running
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Unicorn Store – ★½ (out of 4) Kit (Brie Larson) is a young millennial who still lives with her overbearing New Age parents (Bradley Whitford and Joan… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Unicorn Store, Downsizing, The Shape of Water and A Fantastic Woman
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! The Square – ★★★ (out of 4) Christian (Claes Bang) is the curator of a modern art museum in Sweden, and when we first meet him in… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: The Square, Novitiate, mother! and Breathe
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Lady Bird – ★★★★ (out of 4) Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenager living in the suburbs of Sacramento, California who dreams of going… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Lady Bird, I Kill Giants, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales and The Breadwinner
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Outside In – ★★★ (out of 4) Chris (Jay Duplass) is 38-years-old and has just gotten out of prison after serving a twenty year sentence, thanks… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Outside In, Stronger and Thelma
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! On Chesil Beach – ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapted from Ian McEwan’s bestselling novella, and beautifully brought to the screen by first time director Dominic Cooke, On Chesil… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: On Chesil Beach, Call Me By Your Name, High Fantasy and Porcupine Lake
By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is running from September 7th to 17th. To kick things off, below are my thoughts on four films that will be playing over the next ten days. More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles. Enjoy! Suburbicon – ★★ (out… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Suburbicon, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Florida Project and The Disaster Artist
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