Shot in a miraculous eleven days during the height of the pandemic, director Antoine Fuqua and actor Jake Gyllenhaal display remarkable artistry and discipline in creating this film. A straight […]
In 2016, Pablo Larraín brought to TIFF his film ‘Jackie’, a haunting film about Jackie Kennedy in the seconds, moments, hours, days and weeks after the assassination of her husband, […]
Accolades came fast for Jessica Chastain, stardom did not. The beautiful red-headed graduate of Juilliard struggled for several years before finally landing a plum role in Al Pacino’s filmed adaptation […]
“This is only the beginning” is the last line uttered in the film making clear there is more to come, though the opening title credit “Dune: Part One” had already […]
Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 GOOD JOE BELL Based on the true stories of Jaden Bell and his father Joe, portrayed […]
Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 Three Time Academy Award-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen, both acts and directs in this strong film, his […]
Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 There is a striking familiarity between this film and Sean Penn’s magnificent ‘Into the Wild’ (2007), […]
Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 I apologize in advance for the use of a single word in this review, I detest […]
John H Foote will be representing The Cinemawala at the Toronto International Film Festival aka TIFF 2020. Here’s his pick of movies to watch from the festival, which goes virtual […]
Watching Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) trudge up that long concrete set of stairs on his way home each day, we can feel the burden he carries. Like a stone metaphor […]
For better or worse here are the twelve major happenings on screens at TIFF 2019 this year. The first festival without Piers Handling at the helm, Cameron Bailey has assumed […]
WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen is without peer as the greatest rock and roll poet in music history. His blue-collar background has brought out some of the most intensely personal songs […]
LUCY IN THE SKY Though Natalie Portman is brilliant in this odd film, do not let it fool you. It might pretend to be about something hugely important, but in […]
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN Before this film is released later in the year I suspect it will go through a bit of pruning in the editing room. Overlong, with a couple of […]
