Don't step in the glitz
Our point man on film surveys the damage at TIFF – and tries not to step in the glitz
Author: Jason Anderson
Have you heard the news? There are celebrities in town! You may have
seen them looking pretty on your TV screens and newspapers as they
glide along the red carpets at TIFF but all those other media outlets
are just showing you the side the stars and their handlers want...
Control
Author: Jason Anderson
By accepting the role of one of rock's most mythologized figures, Sam
Riley had to live up to many people's expectations. Worse yet, some of
those people were standing right in front of him. For the filming of
the concert sequences in Control – Anton Corbijn's sensitive...
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Author: Adam Nayman
"The thing about magic is, it's all about misdirection. You watch
closely, and there's all these little bits that diverge but will
eventually lead you to one place," says director Ann Marie Fleming. Her
words could equally apply to her documentary, The Magical...
21 Grams
Author: Jason Anderson
The title of the new film by the creative minds behind Amores Perros
refers to the amount of weight allegedly lost by the human body at the
moment of death. As Sean Penn's character notes, this factoid suggests
that the soul is about the weight of a chocolate bar. If...
War Babies
Author: Catharine Tunnacliffe
This searing documentary about the atrocities of war is painstakingly
researched but hard to watch. Director Raymonde Provencher follows a
young man named Ryan, who was adopted by a Canadian family in the
1970s, as he travels to Bangladesh to find out more about the...