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Tomoaki Hamatsu, aka Nasubi, The Contestant

The Contestant Review: The Dark Side of Hit TV

by Sarah Bea Milner | November 7, 2023

Clair Titley's documentary The Contestant tells the horrific story of Japan's Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes, a hit reality show that saw comedian Nasubi spend 15 months alone in a room.

TIFF 2021: Becoming Cousteau Review

by Emma Badame | September 18, 2021

In Becoming Cousteau, director Liz Garbus ably demonstrates what made the Captain of the Calypso one of the 20th century’s most inspirational ecological voices.

TIFF 2020: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel Review

by Victor Stiff | September 14, 2020

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is a clear-eyed documentary calls out the insidious methods of today’s “socially conscious” corporations.

A photo of Billy Tipton sitting on a table in a still from No Ordinary Man

TIFF 2020: No Ordinary Man Review

by Barbara Goslawski | September 12, 2020

No Ordinary Man is a stunner of a documentary. It’s a hybrid really, in which the filmmakers Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt add just the right dose of creative fiction to galvanise the largely forgotten history of a trans icon, American Jazz musician Billy Tipton.

TIFF 2020: Inconvenient Indian review

by Barbara Goslawski | September 12, 2020

If there's only one must-see film at TIFF, it is Michelle Latimer’s urgent call to action doc Inconvenient Indian.

That Shelf’s TIFF 2019 Reviews Directory

by That Shelf Staff | September 5, 2019

That Shelf’s TIFF 2019 reviews directory will be your one-stop shop for all of Toronto International Film Festival coverage and will be updated frequently throughout the duration of the fest!