Mia Hansen-Løve's follow-up to 2021’s Bergman Island is a simple but emotional character piece that ruminates on relationships and on the difficulties inherent in appreciating life as it comes.
By the Grace of God, the latest work from French auteur François Ozon, is both a scathing commentary and a tale of bravery and compassion set against the backdrop of abuse in the Catholic church.
It would be easy to dismiss By The Sea as an excuse for a celebrity couple to shoot a glamorous film in an exotic locale, but writer/ director Angelina Jolie Pitt has created a contemplation of marriage that is actually artistic and noteworthy.
With his best film to date, Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan still doesn't overcome his excessive love of style, but he assuredly makes his mark as a masterful storyteller in the lengthy Laurence Anyways.
Since we don't get days off on weeks like this, here's part five of our TIFF 2012 coverage with looks at The Place Beyond the Pines, Seven Psychopaths, Hotel Transylvania, A Royal Affair, Thermae Romae, Smashed, Rebelle, and Laurence Anyways.