Toronto 2023

The Peasants

Dec 3, 2023 | Festivals, Featured, International Oscars 2024, Toronto 2023

Luminous hand-painting animates a famed Polish tale of female defiance in a rural world of predatory opportunism and survival.

City of Wind

Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2024, Oscar shortlist, Pingyao 2023, Toronto 2023, VENICE 2023

In ‘City of Wind’, Mongolia’s Academy Award hopeful which has already collected prizes at Venice and Pingyao, director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir offers a charmingly intimate look at a gifted young city-dwelling shaman.

Working Class Goes To Hell

Sep 15, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

Mladen Djordjevic’s slow-burn Midnight Madness selection has headier things on its mind than blood and guts.

Strikes Can’t Keep the Shine Off Movies at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival

Sep 14, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

2023 Toronto International Film Festival sparkles with starry debuts and international favorites.

Homecoming

Sep 13, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

‘Homecoming’ is a powerful and poignant look at cultural repatriation.

Shame On Dry Land

Sep 13, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

Axel Petersén conjures a surreal, pure vibes, sun-baked noir that’s equal parts David Lynch and Dashiel Hammett.

I Told You So

Sep 13, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

Temperatures rise but drama stays stuck in this hellish, apocalyptic vision of Rome.

A Happy Day

Sep 13, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

‘A Happy Day’ is a stylized asylum seeker story that wraps its message inside a frustrating riddle.

Spirit of Ecstasy

Sep 12, 2023 | Festivals, Toronto 2023

‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ is a sensitive look at coming-of-age through the unique lens of the ruthless world of finance.

Not A Word

Sep 12, 2023 | Toronto 2023, Festivals

Nina Palcek follows Lydia Tár in managing Mahler’s 5th with a spiralling personal life in slow-burn thriller ‘Not A Word.’

Awards Corner

Toronto 2023