Festivals & Awards
TIFF 2023: A Canadian Looks Back at a Tumultuous Fest
A final word on TIFF 2023 from someone who knows the festival very well.
Jason Gorber is a film journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. He is the Managing Editor/Chief Film Critic at ThatShelf.com, Metro Morning's film reviewer on CBC Radio, and a regular contributor for POV Magazine. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Guardian, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, SlashFilm, Screen Anarchy, HighDefDigest, Birth.Movies.Death, IndieWire and more. He has appeared on CTV NewsChannel, CP24, and many other broadcasters. He has been a jury member at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Regard, Calgary Underground Film Festival, RiverRun Film Festival, TIFF Canada's Top 10, Reel Asian and Fantasia's New Flesh Award. Jason has been a Tomatometer-approved critic for over 20 years.
A final word on TIFF 2023 from someone who knows the festival very well.
Favorites of this year's fest.
On three documentary premieres at Cannes.
On three splashy premieres from Cannes, including HBO's The Idol, Indy, and Scorsese.
On films from Cannes including new work by Wim Wenders and a recut version of Caligula.
A third and final dispatch from Berlin, including the latest from Christian Petzold.
More from this year's Berlinale festival, including the latest starring Sydney Sweeney, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe, and Helen Mirren.
A recap of the first half of Berlinale, including new films with Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn, Jay Baruchel, and more.
A preview of the Berlinale, which starts tomorrow.
An interview with David Cronenberg, Lea Seydoux, and Viggo Mortensen about their new film, Crimes of the Future.