TIFF 2014: Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The Look of Silence'
The Look of SilencePHOTO COURTESY OF TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!News broke earlier this week that Joshua...
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Timothy Spall in Mr. TurnerPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!** Working steadily for over 40 years,...
View ArticleTIFF 2014: Foreign favorites, part two (Asia and beyond)
Sergei Loznitsa's powerful Ukraine doc MaidanPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!Zhang Yimou's Ju Dou...
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This is 45: Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in Noah Baumbach's While We're YoungPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous...
View ArticleTIFF 2014: Three more notables, plus a lucky top 13
Heaven Knows WhatPhoto courtesy of TIFFJesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the recent 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Previous installment here!Three films at this year's Toronto Film Film...
View ArticleEssay: Revisiting the Coen Brothers' 2013 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Joel and Ethan Coen have been creating films for 30 years, dating back to their still-stunning, low-budget debut, neo-noir Blood Simple (1984); it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and won the...
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