Tag Archives: TIFF2022

LENS ME YOUR EARS on #TIFF22 and #AIFF22

September 21, 2022 flawintheiris

As regular readers of FLAW IN THE IRIS — and followers of the site's Instagram account — know I've recently returned from Toronto where I covered the 2022 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. (Click here to read all the reviews.) On the most recent episode of the podcast I co-host with the multimedia… Read More

#TIFF22 is a wrap: 10 things I learned at the Toronto International Film Festival

September 19, 2022 flawintheiris

I write this as I'm relaxing in the Toronto Island airport lounge, about to board a plane back to Nova Scotia. The Toronto International Film Festival is a blast and a bit of a monster, and while I loved being here I also feel like I've been hanging on to the festival's vast, scaly hide… Read More

No Bears, The Fabelmans, The Lost King reviews #TIFF22

September 18, 2022 flawintheiris

No Bears aka Khers Nist | Written and Directed by Jafar Panahi | 106 min On a recent episode of the podcast I cohost, LENS ME YOUR EARS, we watched and talked about a number of Iranian films, including a couple by activist filmmaker Jafar Panahi, The White Balloon and Taxi. I very much appreciate… Read More

One Fine Morning, Broker reviews #TIFF22

September 16, 2022 flawintheiris

One Fine Morning aka Un Beau Matin | Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | 112 min Having enjoyed Hansen-Løve's Things To Come and most recent Swedish set, Bergman Island, I was still unprepared for how much I adored her brand new picture. It's unabashedly French with its Paris locations and story of a modern… Read More

The Banshees of Inisherin, The Wonder reviews, #TIFF22

September 15, 2022 flawintheiris

A couple of Ireland-shot period movies today, both of which feature old houses burning down. Otherwise, they're quite different. The Banshees of Inisherin | Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh | 109 min I learned today that Inisherin, the island where this yarn is set, is fictional. It was shot in Inishmore, the largest of… Read More

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Empire Of Light reviews #TIFF22

September 14, 2022 flawintheiris

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Written and Directed by Rian Johnson | 139 min One of 2019's unalloyed treasures, Knives Out brought ensemble mysteries in an Agatha Christie vein very much back into the mainstream, with a delightful dollop of eating the rich. No shade on Kenneth Branagh's efforts to do the same… Read More

Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Catherine Called Birdy reviews #TIFF22

September 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Queens of the Qing Dynasty | Written and Directed by Ashley McKenzie | 122 min McKenzie, while still fond of the small visual details of characters' bodies, broadens her storytelling palate on Queens with a dose of dryly absurd humour. It's the story of teenaged Starlet, or "Star" (Sarah Walker), in a hospital ward following… Read More

My Policeman, Living, and The Whale reviews #TIFF22

September 12, 2022 flawintheiris

My Policeman | Directed by Michael Grandage | Written by Ron Nyswaner from the novel by Bethan Roberts | 113 min I sometimes feel like French cinema has perfected the melodrama, so nobody else should attempt it. I felt that way with My Policeman, an aggressively average attempt at melodrama with a queer twist. Pop… Read More

The Swimmers, The Grab reviews #TIFF22

September 11, 2022 flawintheiris

The Swimmers | Directed by Sally El Hosaini | Written by El Hosaini and Jack Thorne | 134 min One of Netflix's big features at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was also the Opening Night Gala — a story based on the actual experience of Syrian sisters Sarah and Yusra Mardini (played by actual… Read More

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review #TIFF22

September 10, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Eric Appel | Written by Appel and 'Weird Al' Yankovic | 108 min People may not recall that the legendary comedy musician, 'Weird Al,' was a film star, briefly, in 1989's comedy bomb, UHF. This is another thing entirely, a spoof of the surprisingly popular music biopic genre, the Rocket Mans and Bohemian… Read More