TIFF24

Eden: TIFF 2024 Review

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Ana de Armas and Sydney Sweeney elevate Ron Howard's bland direction in Eden, which is based on the true story of the Galapagos Affair.
Mother Mother

Mother Mother: TIFF 2024 Review

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One of the pleasant surprises of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Mother Mother offers a riveting and intimate portrait of motherhood, grief, and forgiveness.
40 Acres

40 Acres: TIFF 2024 Review

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A plague has wiped out 98% of the world’s animal population, leading to death and civil war. With food scarce and capitalist institutions collapsed, farmland has become the most valuable resource. Something a select few have and many would kill to obtain. It is in this post-apocalyptic setting that director R.T. Thorne’s thrilling feature debut 40 Acres takes place.

The Return: TIFF 2024 Review

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Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche lead Uberto Pasolini’s classical Greek drama, The Return, a slow-burning yet timeless emotional story adapted from Homer’s The Odyssey.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl: TIFF 2024 Review

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A masterful exploration of the secrets that eat away at a family like termites devouring wood, Nyoni creates a mosaic of emotions that is at times amusing, claustrophobic, and utterly heartbreaking. A brilliant work on every level, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is one of the year’s best works.