Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2020 Movies from TIFF and Venice
Even in a pandemic, distributors are buying movies, but these gems still deserve homes. Somebody do something!
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‘Inconvenient Indian’ Review: Michelle Latimer’s Visual Love Poem to Indigenous People
TIFF: Michelle Latimer’s award-winning documentary turns Thomas King’s 2012 book into a hypnotic portrait of Canadian indigenous culture.
TIFF 2020 Report Card: Critics Rank the Best Films and Performances
137 critics and journalists voted in the survey, with results that single out buzzy festival hits and discoveries alike.
TIFF 2020 Was a Slimmed-Down Success, Complete with Oscar Contenders and Solid Sales
People’s Choice winner “Nomadland,” “Ammonite,” “Pieces of a Woman,” “One Night in Miami,” and “The Father” are among TIFF’s Oscar contenders.
‘Nomadland’ Wins TIFF’s 2020 People’s Choice Award
The festival’s big winner often goes on to receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.
‘Limbo’ Review: A Deadpan Story of Migrant Struggles Both Insightful and Strange
TIFF: Ben Sharrock’s quirky look at a Syrian refugee in Scotland is a touching rumination on the quest to belong in an empty world.
Fall Festival 2020 Deals: The Complete List of Venice/TIFF/NYFF Purchases So Far
Despite the circumstances, acquisitions activity out of the fall’s biggest festivals is off to a productive start.
‘Fauna’ Review: Nicolás Pereda’s Droll Farce Sends up ‘Narcos’ Fever and Celebrity Obsession
TIFF: Dry as a bone and more chuckle-inducing than haha-funny, the latest entry in the Pereda cinematic universe is a head-spinning treat.
‘City Hall’ Review: America Would Be a Better Place If Everyone Watched Wiseman’s 4.5-Hour Epic
TIFF: 90-year-old documentary legend Frederick Wiseman delivers another sprawling and enlightening work at the way society is supposed to work.
‘True Mothers’ Review: Naomi Kawase’s Heartbreaking Parenting Saga Goes on Way Too Long
TIFF: A nearly two-and-a-half-hour running time threatens the emotional impact of Kawase’s latest, which nevertheless shimmers with beauty and melancholy.
‘No Ordinary Man’ Review: Riveting Dive Into the Past Heralds the Future of Trans Cinema
TIFF: A fascinating meta portrait of pianist Billy Tipton, a transgender man who died in 1989, as told by trans masculine actors and thinkers.
‘Wildfire’ Review: Intense Debut About Traumatized Sisters with a Tragic Real-Life Backstory
TIFF: Star Nika McGuigan, who plays one half of a sibling set dealing with old psychic wounds, died while this wrenching film was in post-production.
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