Meet the 2018–2019 TIFF Next Wave Committee
These young film lovers know what's next — and what's good
Katharine Hepburn: Warrior Woman
Honouring the legacy of an icon whose ceaseless challenge to Hollywood’s prescriptive gender roles helped define the idea of the "modern woman"
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 103: Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson on the life and legacy of Broad City
The duo reflect on the end of their show and the future of comedy
The Gilded Cages of Max Ophüls
The opulent films of the great German director concealed darkness and rueful irony within their bounty of visual delights
Aki Kaurismäki Finds Laughter in the Dark
With his recent "Refugee Trilogy," the Finnish master of deadpan comedy has become one of cinema’s most important chroniclers of the chief humanitarian crisis of our time
The Dream of the '90s is Alive at TIFF
What's the best movie from 1999? Help us decide
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 102: How is France keeping its art-house cinemas packed?
Even in the age of SVOD, the country’s independent theatres have continued to thrive
Legrand Allusions
The late Michel Legrand's score for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg yielded two big '60s hits and a Hollywood career for the composer
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 101: Bing Liu on the making of Minding the Gap
The young documentarian talks about how he made one of this year’s best — and most personal — films
Claire Denis: Close Encounters
With her stunning new sci-fi epic High Life, the ever-daring French auteur continues to create a cinema without borders
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 100: Can a film preserve an endangered language?
The producer of Edge of the Knife discusses making the world’s first Haida-language feature film
Dorothy Arzner's Working Girls
Classic Hollywood's leading female director was also a fiery feminist and queer pioneer
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 99: How the Oscars addressed its diversity problem
Four years after #OscarsSoWhite, what progress has been made?
James Gray: The Ties That Bind
As the writer-director prepares to release his Brad Pitt-starring science-fiction epic Ad Astra, we celebrate an American filmmaker whose fidelity to cinematic tradition has often placed him at odds to the movies of the moment
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 98: What we’re looking forward to in 2019
A look into the most anticipated titles of the new year
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 97: Year in Review (Part 2)
More lessons from 2018
The 18 Best Movie Posters of 2018
The sequel to our smash-hit 2017 edition offers another totally scientific ranking of completely subjective choices
The Hidden History of the Jurassic Park Logo
The blockbuster franchise's iconic T. Rex emblem has some troubling genes in its DNA
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 96: Year in Review (Part 1)
What did we learn in 2018?
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 95: How will blockchain transform the film industry?
The CEO of MovieCoin explains why game-changing technology might be the answer to Hollywood’s transparency problem
Bringing the Good News: Khalik Allah on Black Mother
The acclaimed street photographer and filmmaker discusses his complex collage of contemporary Jamaica
These are the Best Canadian Films of 2018
The Freaks, Firecrackers, and Giant Little Ones that topped our list
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 94: Why Netflix set its sights on cinemas
Advance theatrical runs for several of the streaming giant’s films signal a major shift in its release strategy
Bluebeard at the Movies
Joan Crawford’s superlative noir Sudden Fear offers a nifty twist on a classic plot
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 93: What is the state of independent film in 2018?
See-Saw Films executive Negin Salmasi explains how the independent landscape has evolved over the last decade
Fearful Symmetry: Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell
The notorious Mick Jagger vehicle Performance launched its two directors on diverging yet uncannily mirrored paths
A Tale of Two “Serás”: How Heathers references Doris Day and Sly Stone’s non-family affair
Two soundtrack cuts from the teen classic slyly cite a long-running Hollywood rumour
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 92: Zoe Kazan on writing, westerns, and working with the Coen Brothers
The actor and screenwriter stars in the new anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Rules of the Game: Corneliu Porumboiu on Infinite Football
The Romanian master discusses his new film, the tension between rules and freedom, and his lifelong devotion to the Beautiful Game
Marie Dressler: From “Ugly Duckling” to Screen Queen
The Canadian-born Oscar winner was one of this country’s most lucrative showbiz exports
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 91: How Bodied director Joseph Kahn made this year’s most subversive film
The filmmaker’s look at battle-rap culture is being praised as one of 2018’s best satires
How Jean Peters Survived Howard Hughes
Karina Longworth considers the reluctant '50s sex symbol's brief career and creepy courtship by the mercurial movie mogul
Everyone an Island: Ingmar Bergman’s Second Trilogy
Following his acclaimed “Trilogy of Faith,” the Swedish auteur pushed his dark vision even further in three subtly connected films
The Great War on Film
100 years after the Armistice, we look back at the cinematic depictions of the 20th century’s first modern war
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 90: How Sam Esmail took Homecoming from hit podcast to hit TV show
Are podcasts primed to become the next major generator of Hollywood source material?
A Man’s World? Bergman, Tarkovsky, and The Sacrifice
The mutual admiration between the two filmmakers did not preclude their very different perspectives on gender
Bibi Andersson: From Princess to Persona
Bergman’s idealized innocent explored darker territory in the director’s self-reflexive masterpiece
Harriet Andersson: Bergman’s Aphrodite
The director’s first superstar was a master at suggesting the deep feeling lying beneath her coquettish characters’ coyness and frivolity
Eva Dahlbeck: Bergman’s “Battleship Femininity”
The star of Smiles of a Summer Night unleashed the comic savvy of the Swedish master of seriousness
Ingrid Thulin: Bergman’s Dark Magus
The strikingly androgynous actor probed some of the furthest extremes of the director's dark universe
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 89: Why it's finally time to take horror seriously
Academy Awards, critical adoration, and hip distributors have brought the genre to a whole new audience
Branding Bergman — Part Two: The Janus Years and Beyond
How the famed US art-house distributor transformed Ingmar Bergman from a maker of Swedish skin flicks into a synonym for Quality Cinema
The Invention of Joan Crawford
How the silent-era “jazz baby” remade herself as the quintessential Golden Age star
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 88: How Dee Rees went from film school to Oscar nominee in a decade
The director of Mudbound tells us how a Dr. Scholl's commercial shoot changed her life
Branding Bergman — Part One: “Bad Girls” and “Naked Nights”
How the Swedish master was sold to North American audiences
The A–Z of Ingmar Bergman
The Swedish master’s oeuvre doesn’t just begin and end with “Angst”
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 87: How David Gelb revolutionized food documentary
The creator of Chef’s Table explains how he developed his signature style
Liv and Ingmar: Face to Face
Tracing the artistic and spiritual kinship of legendary actor Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 86: How to build a career in an emerging film market
Ada Solomon, executive producer of 2016’s award-winning Toni Erdmann, tells us how she’s made a name for herself in Romania’s artistically rich, but relatively young, film industry
The Cinema According to Idrissa Ouédraogo
Aboubakar Sanogo on the legacy of one of the greatest of all African filmmakers
Black Star’s Rhythm of Love
Denzel, Dee Rees, and Isaac Julien are just some of the spotlighted artists in Volume Two of our celebration of Black excellence onscreen
Concrete Islands: Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky’s Interchange
A stunningly formalist new doc explores the blasted late-capitalist wasteland outside Montreal
This is Happening: Olivier Assayas on Cold Water
The French auteur remembers a moment of revelation from the shooting of his breakthrough film
Stalker’s Curse
From video games to Atomic Blonde, Tarkovsky’s sci-fi masterpiece haunts contemporary culture
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 85: What are the biggest challenges facing African cinema?
Steven Markovitz, the producer of Rafiki, talks about how we can get more African films on the world stage
Andrei Tarkovsky: The Poet of Apocalypse
Discovering the mystical world of the greatest postwar Russian filmmaker
Ten Questions about Joan Crawford
(And no answers)
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 84: Facebook enters the world of prestige TV with Sorry for Your Loss
Kit Steinkellner takes us through her experience making Facebook Watch’s flagship series
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 83: Looking Back on TIFF ’18
The Black List’s Franklin Leonard walks us through what this year’s Festival says about the industry at large
On the TIFF '18 Red Carpet
Missed a premiere or two? We've got you.
Announcing the TIFF '18 Award Winners
And the awards go to...
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 80: Piers Handling on TIFF’s Past and Future
The Festival’s Director reflects on his 24 years at the helm
Salut Piers
Memories of TIFF’s Handling years
Your Backstage Pass to TIFF '18
The Roy Thomson Hall green room in black and white
TIFF x Huawei Portrait Studio
Who will show up for their official portrait? There are 300+ films and only 11 days, so only time will tell...
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 82: How Steven Yeun went from The Walking Dead to Burning
One of the film industry’s rising stars speaks about how Korean cinema is giving him the richest roles of his career
Seven road trips that will refuel your TIFF ’18
Are we there yet?
The Eye of the Storm: Shayne Laverdière, Xavier Dolan's photographer
Behind the scenes of The Death and Life of John F. Donovan with the Montrealer's permanent all-access pass
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Chaz Ebert
Pro tips on how to watch five films a day
Every single trailer (so far) for TIFF '18
Gotta watch 'em all
For the glory, and for the fun: It's TIFF Bingo!
Do you feel lucky, punk?
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Kazik Radwanski (MDFF)
The man behind MDFF Selects picks five films for Festival
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: cléo
The film journal edits it down to five choices
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 81: Icebox takes us inside the world of child migrants
The film’s director, Daniel Sawka, and activist Karine Jean-Pierre discuss using film to challenge Trump’s immigration policies
Meet Elena López Riera, the director of Those Who Desire (Los que desean)
How a "carnal" pigeon competition inspired her latest short
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: TIFF Long Take
Rob and Geoff's Excellent Adventure
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: April Reign
Featuring a short TED Talk on why you need to see Green Book
Meet Adina Pintilie, the director of Touch Me Not
She just won the Golden Bear in Berlin. What have you done this year?
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Tre'vell Anderson
"Amandla is the future — and the now — of Hollywood"
Meet Nino Zhvania, the director of PARADE (AGLUMI)
The lesson of her story: don’t fall asleep in film class
Meet Helen Haig-Brown, the co-director of Edge of the Knife
How do you make a movie in an endangered language that only 24 people on the planet understand?
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Colin Geddes
Tips from a 30-year Festival veteran
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Yolanda Machado
The critic (and Little Monster) plots her first trip to TIFF
Meet Sandhya Suri, the director of The Field
Shooting your film at the golden hour yields perfect shots and steep learning curves
Meet Astra Taylor, the director of What is Democracy?
A Festival-bound film produced from the back seat of Neutral Milk Hotel’s tour van
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Boosie Fade
This pair of DJs (and film fans) let TIFF host the party
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: David Ehrlich
"My body is ready."
Meet Emma Tammi, the director of The Wind
The filmmaker’s horror turn has her hooked on fiction
Meet Carmel Winters, the director of Float Like A Butterfly
“No one else can be you as well as you can.”
Meet Carmel Winters, the director of Float Like A Butterfly
“No one else can be you as well as you can.”
Women in the Director's Chair at TIFF '18
The future is female-identifying
What I'm Watching at TIFF '18: Franklin Leonard
The Black List founder battles the space-time continuum at TIFF '18
Meet Alejandra Márquez Abella, the director of The Good Girls (Las niñas bien)
The Mexican filmmaker's "long walk" with TIFF continues with her second feature
We Love TIFFR
Like chocolate and peanut butter, TIFFR and TIFF are finally together.
Meet Imogen Thomas, the director of Emu Runner
A feature film debut that’s 15 years in the making
Meet Pella Kågerman, the co-director of ANIARA
A film of modest means with a surplus of ingenuity, featuring shopping malls — in space!
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 79: Are we in a golden age of documentary film?
TIFF’s Documentary Programmer Thom Powers tries to explain the genre’s recent boom
Meet Wanuri Kahiu, the director of Rafiki
The Afrobubblegum filmmaker flies to Toronto for Rafiki, which was banned in her home country of Kenya
The final films heading to TIFF '18
Last, but not least: Discovery, plus a whole lot more
Taika Waititi, Tantoo Cardinal, and Jiang Wen lead the way at the TIFF '18 Industry Conference
Let's get down to business
Nico, 1988 Playlist: All That Was Her Own
Susanna Nicchiarelli's anti-biopic captures the art-rock legend in her final year, but is also an ideal entry point to an astounding two decades of work
115 new films added to the TIFF '18 lineup
From Masters and Wavelengths, to Galas and Special Presentations
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 78: What does a festival award mean to a young filmmaker?
Desiree Akhavan talks about her long and difficult journey to making The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Films of Nadav Lapid
The most internationally acclaimed Israeli filmmaker in recent memory presents his celebrated films at TIFF Cinematheque
Short Cuts at TIFF '18: The world in short form
Good things come in small packages
Michael Myers vs. Predator: This is your Midnight Madness lineup at TIFF '18
10 films to keep you up at night
TIFF ‘18 Docs: 27 stories we couldn’t make up if we tried
The year’s best in non-fiction
13 filmmakers compete for the TIFF '18 Toronto Platform Prize
12 films, 1 prize
“A Perversion of a Fairy Tale”: Nathan Silver on Thirst Street
The American indie auteur heads to France for this twisted tale of amour fou
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 77: What the Disney–Fox merger means for audiences and the industry
Here’s everything you need to know about one of the largest deals in entertainment history
Everything Canadian at TIFF '18
You oughta know
Secret Songs and Lunatic Cries: The Mad Modernism of Yasuzo Masumura
The renegade of Golden Age Japanese cinema blazed the trail for the eruptions of the Japanese New Wave
TIFF Long Take - Ep. 76: Is artificial intelligence good for the future of film?
The CEO of ScriptBook thinks that AI will soon be influencing which films get the green light
How 1977’s Demon Seed predicted 2018’s high-tech misogyny
The Julie Christie fantasy is a black mirror of our sci-fi reality
Like a River: Hideko Takamine
Though she claimed she had “no special characteristic,” the veteran star was one of the defining figures of classic Japanese cinema
Sympathy for Mr. Sadness: In Praise of Mikio Naruse
The fourth master of classic Japanese cinema had a longer road to renown
The Smile of Setsuko Hara
Japan’s “Eternal Virgin” contained multitudes beneath her serene surface
Kinuyo Tanaka: Fragility and Resilience
Perhaps the greatest actress in classic Japanese cinema, Mizoguchi’s muse was also one of the country’s only female directors
The Five Most Influential Films of the 1990s Teen Horror Cycle
Do you like scary movies?