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From the Archives: Remembering Andrzej Wajda

From the Archives: Remembering Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda, one of Poland’s most celebrated directors, died on Oct. 9 at the age of 90. 'Film Journal International' had the privilege of speaking with this accomplished and courageous filmmaker for our January 1985 issue, during a period when he was working outside his country due to political pressures from the Communist government.
Film Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Film Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton’s adaptation of the kids’ fantasy novel boasts some spectacular set-pieces but should have been less morose and more entertaining.
Film Review: The Magnificent Seven

Film Review: The Magnificent Seven

Satisfying, action-packed remake of the 1960 western classic, with an appealing ensemble cast led by Denzel Washington.
Lone Scherfig's 'Their Finest' is a witty surprise at TIFF 2016

Lone Scherfig's 'Their Finest' is a witty surprise at TIFF 2016

Lone Scherfig, the Danish director of Carey Mulligan’s breakthrough film An Education, is back at the Toronto International Film Festival with Their Finest, a delightful movie about moviemaking—in this case, movies for the British Ministry of Information’s Film Division in 1940, at the height of...
TIFF dramas spotlight a brave Armenian and a defiant poet

TIFF dramas spotlight a brave Armenian and a defiant poet

I saw four and a half films at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday. (After 40 minutes, I just couldn’t tolerate any more of the absurdly pretentious dialogue of Wim Wenders’ conversation-driven 3D curiosity, The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez.) I’ve already written about the amazing La...
'La La Land' lives up to the hype

'La La Land' lives up to the hype

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I came to the Toronto International Film Festival having already seen some of its standout titles: Loving, Denial, Christine, Paterson, The Birth of a Nation and Manchester by the Sea among them. But one very buzzy film hadn’t yet surfaced back in New York: La...
'A United Kingdom' recalls the remarkable story of an African prince and his white bride

'A United Kingdom' recalls the remarkable story of an African prince and his white bride

Time and again, films with similar themes somehow emerge almost simultaneously, whether it’s action blockbusters about assaults on the White House or body-switching comedies or biopics like Capote and Infamous. At the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, two dramas are screening about real...
Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender offer lesser efforts at Toronto Film Festival

Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender offer lesser efforts at Toronto Film Festival

The 2016 Toronto International Film Festival is hosting 296 feature films, and this year my task of wading through all those entries has been made slightly easier because I had already seen 14 of their higher-profile features at early screenings back in New York. Of those, opening-night film The...
Leonardo DiCaprio comes to Toronto with an urgent warning about the climate crisis

Leonardo DiCaprio comes to Toronto with an urgent warning about the climate crisis

One of the biggest stars on the planet turned up at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday, and the planet was the reason behind his visit. Leonardo DiCaprio was here for the world premiere of Before the Flood, the documentary he made with director-actor Fisher Stevens (and completed...
Film Review: Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Film Review: Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Fascinating first-person account from the author herself of a complex masquerade that stunned the literary and celebrity worlds.