TIFF Review: The Last Porno Show

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 15, 2019 @ 4:23pm

When an aspiring actor inherits a failing porn theatre from his estranged father, he decides to keep the doors open for a smattering of die-hard customers. He moves into the apartment above the theatre, and memories of his abusive childhood within those walls come flooding back.

Early on, he's cast in an "artful" film that requires a sex scene.

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TIFF Review: Clifton Hill

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 15, 2019 @ 4:14pm

Abby (Tuppence Middleton) returns to her hometown Niagara Falls when she inherits a run-down motel from her late mother, and tries to piece together a childhood memory of witnessing a crime.

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TIFF Red Carpet: "Double Scarlett" day

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 9, 2019 @ 7:40am

Scarlett Johansson did double duty on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday, on hand for her films Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit.

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TIFF Red Carpet: Color out of Space

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 8, 2019 @ 9:57pm

One of the most anticipated films of the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness slate is Color out of Space, adapted from the classic short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The film's stars, including Nicolas Cage and Joely Richardson, were on the red carpet for the Saturday night premiere.

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TIFF Red Carpet: Dolemite Is My Name

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 8, 2019 @ 9:06pm

The all-star cast of the upcoming Netflix film Dolemite is my Name was on hand for its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend.

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TIFF Red Carpet: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 8, 2019 @ 11:50am

Tom Hanks and his A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood costars walked the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival Saturday afternoon. Hanks plays Fred Rogers in the upcoming biopic about the beloved children's television show host, opening wide on November 22.

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TIFF: Abominable on the Red Carpet

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 7, 2019 @ 12:15pm

The voices behind the upcoming Dreamworks Animation feature Abominable walked the red carpet for the film's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday afternoon. On hand were Chloe Bennet, Sarah Paulson, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Albert Tsai, Michelle Wong, director Jill Culton.

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TIFF Red Carpet: Blood Quantum

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 6, 2019 @ 11:15am

The Toronto International Film Festival's 2019 slate of Midnight Madness films - the edgier and darker of the festival fare - launched with the premiere of the Canadian social justice horror Blood Quantum Thursday night.

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TIFF Review: The Weekend

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 17, 2018 @ 4:58pm

The Weekend is a sharp romantic comedy that boasts a key component missing in most romcoms: it's funny. Like, really funny.

The film opens with aspiring comedian Zadie (Sasheer Zamada) performing a set at a small comedy club.

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TIFF Review: Carmine Street Guitars

Posted by: Sharilyn Johnson  •  September 15, 2018 @ 2:34pm

The legendary New York guitar shop that's the subject of Carmine Street Guitars is certainly worthy of a documentary, but coached dialogue and too-perfect camera blocking leave too much authenticity on the table.

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