TJFF 2019 Review: Curtiz
Tamas Yvan Topolanszky’s Curtiz is a stylishly captivating dramatization of one famed director’s battle to make one of the most celebrated films of all time.
TJFF 2019 Review: Lemon Popsicle: Of Winners and Losers
At least a passing knowledge of the films and social standards at the time of their production is necessary going into Lemon Popsicle: Of Winners and Losers, which looks more about the backstage drama and cultural phenomenon of the movies than the content within them.
TJFF 2019 Review: Viewer Direction Advised
First time feature director Ben Kaplan examines how television viewing habits have changed in the past several decades and the sometimes strained, but always loving relationship he has with his pop culture obsessed father in the genial and entertaining documentary Viewer Directon Advised.
TJFF 2019 Review: Tel Aviv on Fire
The politicizing of popular culture takes centre stage in the droll Israeli comedy Tel Aviv on Fire, an appropriately crowd pleasing choice to open this year’s Toronto Jewish Film Festival.