Trust me, this movie is more funny than sad! I was so happy to see SAD JOKES at TIFF as part of my “Throw A Dart, Take A Chance” portion of watching movies by attending a screening knowing NOTHING about it going in. The TIFF Lowdown: Set in Berlin, this tender, tragicomical second feature from […]
Author: Jason Whyte
TIFF 2024 Reaction – SPACE COWBOY
Part of the TIFF Docs section of the Toronto International Film Festival, I was excited to see Marah Strauch’s new doc, after wowing me many years ago with SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, a doc that opened TIFF Docs back in 2014. The TIFF Lowdown: You may not know the name Joe Jennings, but you’ve surely seen his […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – DO I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE?
The TIFF Lowdown: The debut feature from Fredericton filmmaker Arianna Martinez is easier to experience than describe. It’s a multiverse picture without a single visual effect, unless you count the actors. Several years after their meet-cute — at a wedding, of course — Olive (Caroline Bell) and Benny (Ian Ottis Goff) are spending an entirely […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – SHEPHERDS
As part of the Special Presentations section of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, SHEPHERDS was very high on my list of movies to check out as I was a huge fan of filmmaker Sophie Deraspe’s ANTIGONE and VITAL SIGNS, both of which I saw at Whistler and the respective South By Southwest Film Festival […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – MR. K
Do you wonder what actor Crispin Glover is up to these days? He was in a new movie at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and not many people noticed! Read on. The TIFF Lowdown: Crispin Glover brings his best to Tallulah H Schwab’s delightfully Kafkaesque tale of a travelling magician who finds himself in […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – PAYING FOR IT
I was thrilled to be able to see Sook Yin-Lee’s new movie PAYING FOR IT, as I have been a long time supporter of her work ever since admiring her work as a MuchMusic VJ, her acting and directing work over the years. It’s so wonderful to see her work continue with a new feature […]
TIFF 2024 Reaction – SEEDS
Another solid Canadian feature at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is SEEDS, the latest work from filmmaker Kaniehtiio Horn, no stranger to Canadian and American cinema. The TIFF Lowdown: Kaniehtiio Horn (Alice, Darling, TIFF ’22) wrote, directed, and stars in Seeds, a tense thriller that weaves Kanienʼkehá꞉ka connections to the land with a cat-and-mouse game. […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2024 – Threading Up The Brutalist
The 2024 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival starts today. This is my ninth year attending TIFF and I wouldn’t even say I am a regular at this point. Film camp is heavy this year in Toronto with the likes of Mike Leigh, Steven Soderbergh, Brady Corbet, Sean Baker and many, many other established […]
Contest: Win a Run of Engagement Pass to REAGAN from Route 504 PR!
Hey Canada! Want to see REAGAN starring Dennis Quaid? Our partners at Route 504 have sent along a few run of engagement passes to see this movie on any Cineplex Cinemas! Passes will be codes to redeem tickets online only. About: From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding […]
Contest: Win an Apple TV Digital Copy of DUCHESS from Mongrel Media
It’s a new Get Reel Movies Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of DUCHESS from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: Follows a tough, working-class, petty criminal who morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in a murky underworld, in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling. Directed by Neil Marshall […]
TWISTERS Review – An Intense Depiction of Very Bad Weather
A wave of happiness flooded over me with the new TWISTERS movie, a rather unique continuation of smart people going right into the path of tornados. Jan De Bont’s flawed but deliriously entertaining 1996 picture TWISTER was a huge hit in its theatrical release in 1996, and I remember seeing it in cinemas on opening […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS from Route 504 PR!
It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway! Enter below to win an Apple TV digital copy of the Canadian indie MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS. Copies are graciously provided by our partners at Route 504 PR. Enter below to win! ABOUT: Follows Liza, who retreats to a ’70s variety show in her mind as she struggles to […]
FLY ME TO THE MOON Review – If Only Kubrick Could Have Seen This
I have always been fascinated by the era of the Space Race and everything around it. From THE RIGHT STUFF which told the story about breaking the sound barrier leading to the first round of Americans trying to fly around the planet to APOLLO 13 which is one of the best movies ever made about […]
Contest: Win an IF prize pack courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment!
We have a BIG new contest up for IF, recently released in theatres! While we DO want you to also see this on the big screen, we can’t resist sharing this wonderful movie with our readers. Thanks to our partners at Paramount Home Entertainment, we have t-shirts, journals, light up message boards, puzzles, pens and digital […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of WICKED LITTLE LETTERS from Mongrel Media
It’s a post-SIFF Get Reel Giveaway for our readers! Enter below to win an Apple TV Digital Copy of WICKED LITTLE LETTERS from our partners at Mongrel Media! ABOUT: A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true […]