Jacques Audiard
Both The Assessment and Emilia Pérez demonstrate the versatility of a festival like TIFF, which is always inclusive of all genres and subgenres of cinema.
There is much to admire about The Sisters Brothers; the powerful performances, the beautiful cinematography, and the statement on violence in the Old West.
In his final Film Fest 919 recap, Josh Martin delves into Jake Gyllenhaal’s latest, a challenging take on the Western and the most delightful film of the festival.
In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers.
Salamis Aysegul Sentug examines a trilogy of movies that not only embrace the art of night but also celebrate it as a field of creative space where artists and writers venture out.
They say if two’s company, then three’s a crowd, but I like crowds, especially when they’re crowds of gangster movies from countries around the world. So this is our third outing (first here, second here), and if my editor doesn’t kill me, there might be a fourth. Yes, there’s crime in every country, and where there’s crime there are criminals, and when they get organized they become gangsters, and if said country has a film business chances are they will make gangster movies.
Even in world cinema, the stories we see on screen are largely those depicting the lives and crises of the most well-off members of each respective society – showing situations that still can largely be referred to as “first world problems” without a sense of ironic bite. It is why a film like Dheepan is so urgently needed in the current, self-centred socio-political climate. It firmly puts us in the shoes of characters whose stories are never told in cinema:
Over one million people crossed into Europe in 2015, more than three times the amount from the previous year, overwhelming existing systems and leaving the EU struggling to agree on a unified approach to the crisis. Some countries have tightened their border control, citing old, xenophobic fears that ignore the flesh-and-blood people sitting on their doorsteps. It’s a perfect time, then, for films like Dheepan, which tell small, humanistic stories of immigrants that make us remember the individuals at the heart of this crisis.