The 42nd edition of TIFF is on. Today Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey let the world know ours is still the festival to beat. They shared films in the Gala and Special Presentations sections in a news conference today at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. The 14 Galas and 33 Special Presentations represent 25 World Premieres, eight International Premieres, six North… View Post
Christopher Nolan’s World War II drama Dunkirk will surely take its place as one of the great war films, bringing to vivid life the devastating and ultimately inspiring story of the Allied evacuation from France. The A-List cast of Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Harry Styles, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy and a host of gifted young actors, seem of the time, just young… View Post
[youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpNGK_t60eM” width=”500″ height=”300″] David Lowery’s ground breaking psychological drama A Ghost Story is a rarity. It looks at life and death from the point of view of the departed as they suffer and journey to wholeness. It has tremendous emotional, intellectual and spiritual scope, unusual territory for ghost stories. It crashes through time, lifts the curtain between life… View Post
Kavi Raz’ historic drama The Black Prince brings to life the incredible story of a five year old Maharaja of Punjab, Duleep Singh, the last king of the Sikh Kingdom, who ascended to the throne at age five. At age ten, during the British / Sikh war, he was kidnapped, and in 1849 was sent to live in Queen Victoria’s… View Post
War for the Planet of the Apes the final chapter in the trilogy seems a psychological and spiritual meditation on war than an action adventure film. Matt Reeves has co-written and directs a rich emotional drama that left me awestruck. Combining elements of Shakespearean tragedy, grand opera, and noir film with an achingly powerful sense of intimacy it achieves great heights,… View Post
According to the provincial government, standard automobile insurance policies were changed on June 1, 2016 in an effort to make automobile insurance “more affordable in Ontario”. The bill introduced was called “Bill 15, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act”, yet the main policy changes made were those reducing access and benefits for policyholders that suffer critical injuries in… View Post