Toronto Film Festival | Little White Lies

Toronto Film Festival

Two young women, one with dark hair and the other with lighter hair, facing each other in a dimly lit room.
Festivals

The Mad Woman’s Ball – first-look review

by Erin Brady

A woman who sees spir­its is com­mit­ted to a psy­chi­atric hos­pi­tal in this book adap­ta­tion by Mélanie Laurent.
Three men standing in a rocky, mountainous landscape.
Festivals

Encounter – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Riz Ahmed is a father on a mis­sion to save his sons from an extrater­res­tri­al threat in Michael Pearce’s com­plex sci-fi drama.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in front of a blue car at night. The man has grey hair and is wearing a light blue shirt, while the woman has blonde hair and is wearing a beige blouse.
Festivals

The Forgiven – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain and Ralph Fiennes spend a fate­ful week­end in Moroc­co in John Michael McDonagh’s scabrous class satire.
Woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a light-coloured dress, reclining on a sofa with pillows.
Festivals

The Eyes of Tammy Faye – first look review

by Charles Bramesco

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain goes all-out in Michael Showalter’s super­fi­cial biopic of tel­e­van­ge­list Tam­my Faye Messner.
Intricate wire frame encapsulating head, dark tones and contours.
Festivals

Neptune Frost – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Saul Williams and Anisia Uzey­man pon­der post-coloni­sa­tion in this per­cus­sive, tran­scen­den­tal Afro­fu­tur­ist musical.
A young person with dark hair being held by the face by an adult hand, wearing a yellow top.
Festivals

Earwig – first-look review

by Saffron Maeve

A mid­dle-aged man tends to a young girl with ice den­tures in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s ellip­ti­cal Eng­lish-lan­guage debut.
Dim silhouette of a person walking on a dark, wooded path at night.
Festivals

Dashcam – first-look review

by Erin Brady

Rob Savage’s fol­low-up to Host is a ter­ri­fy­ing yet frus­trat­ing expe­ri­ence about social media narcissism.
Two young men, one with curly hair and the other wearing glasses, sitting at a computer.
Festivals

Dear Evan Hansen – first-look review

by Corey Atad

Ben Platt stars as a high-school­er whose white lie snow­balls out of con­trol in Stephen Chbosky’s dis­mal adap­ta­tion of the smash-hit musical.
A woman wearing ornate gold jewellery and a man in a floral garment, standing together against a dimly lit backdrop.
Festivals

10 must-see shorts from the Toronto International Film Festival 2020

by Hannah Strong

This year’s Short Cuts pro­gramme brought togeth­er bite-size per­spec­tives from around the world.
Person with curly dark hair covering their face, wearing a navy jacket, rings and bracelets.
Festivals

‘How do we put an end to generational trauma?’ – Saul Williams on Akilla’s Escape

by Isaac Feldberg

The mul­ti-hyphen­ate has cre­at­ed a hyp­not­ic, inci­sive score for Charles Officer’s social­ly-con­scious crime-noir.

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