TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019 — 7 FILMS WORTH WATCHING FOR THE AWARDS SEASON TIFF 2019 featured over 300 films from more than 80 countries. A few films were acquired by Amazon, Netflix or HBO rather than for the traditional theatrical releases. Since the Golden Globes and Academy Awards are just around the corner ‘tis …
Watch these TIFF Movies Before the Oscars Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has been premiering future Oscar winners for over a decade. TIFF 2018’s best films in theaters now are: GREEN BOOK Dramatic feature from director Peter Farrelly (the Farrelly Brothers) follows actors Mahershala Ali (Academy Award winner for Moonlight) and Viggo Mortensen. Green Book is …
2018 Movies Directed by Women North America’s seminal Oscar predicting event, TIFF, exhibited how the impact of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are causing rapid change in the number of films directed by women. TIFF is also the film festival that shows a much higher percentage of films helmed by women than most other festivals …
The start of each new year always gets me excited about books. I often write a list of what books I am planning on reading in the coming months, but this time I’m sharing a combination of some book suggestions of novels I’ve already finished and LOVED, along with a few books that are on …
I attended an advance screening of the new Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. This is a spoiler-free review, but certain aspects of the film will be discussed. I try to go in to a new Star Wars movie not knowing too much. I’ll watch the first trailer that comes out, but I won’t go …