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Geoff Pevere is an author, movie critic and broadcaster who has been covering the Toronto International Film Festival for more than 30 years.

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May 13, 2016

A scene from Fire Song.

A scene from Fire Song.

Fire Song lays a heavy weight of despair on its thin frame

September 17, 2015

Andrew Martin left, Jennifer Podemski, Ma-Nee Chacaby and Harley Legarde-Beacham star in Fire Song. Fire Song plays at TIFF on Sept. 20.

Andrew Martin left, Jennifer Podemski, Ma-Nee Chacaby and Harley Legarde-Beacham star in Fire Song. Fire Song plays at TIFF on Sept. 20.

Jennifer Podemski on the struggle to tell First Nations stories

September 14, 2015

In Al Purdy Was Here, Canada’s leading musicians and artists from Bruce Cockburn and Sarah Harmer to Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje come together to tell his story and celebrate his poetry.

In Al Purdy Was Here, Canada’s leading musicians and artists from Bruce Cockburn and Sarah Harmer to Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje come together to tell his story and celebrate his poetry.

Al Purdy lives in the present in film premiering at TIFF

September 13, 2015

Steve Fonyo is a one-legged cancer survivor who completed a cross-Canada run raising $13-million in 1985. Alan Zweig’s documentary looks at what happened in the subsequent years, inclusing Fonyo losing his Order of Canada.

Steve Fonyo is a one-legged cancer survivor who completed a cross-Canada run raising $13-million in 1985. Alan Zweig’s documentary looks at what happened in the subsequent years, inclusing Fonyo losing his Order of Canada.

Doc explores the life of Steve Fonyo, the man who completed the run Terry Fox started

August 28, 2015

Backcountry, starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, tests a couple’s relationship and survival skills.

Backcountry, starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, tests a couple’s relationship and survival skills.

Backcountry: Love, marriage and a black bear

August 27, 2015

Backcountry, starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, tests a couple’s relationship and survival skills.

Backcountry, starring Jeff Roop and Missy Peregrym, tests a couple’s relationship and survival skills.

In the woods with actors and a 600-pound black bear to film Backcountry

August 13, 2015

Peter Bogdanovich’s throwback screwball comedy She’s Funny That Way feels like a movie in search of a moment where it might feel vital and relevant.

Peter Bogdanovich’s throwback screwball comedy She’s Funny That Way feels like a movie in search of a moment where it might feel vital and relevant.

Peter Bogdanovich carries burden of the past in She’s Funny That Way

July 3, 2015

Matthias Schoenaerts, left, as German officer Lieutenant Bruno von Falk and Michelle Williams as Lucille in the adaptation of Irene Nemirovsky’s novel, which charts the love affair between a young French woman and a German officer assigned to watch her in 1940s Nazi-occupied France.

Matthias Schoenaerts, left, as German officer Lieutenant Bruno von Falk and Michelle Williams as Lucille in the adaptation of Irene Nemirovsky’s novel, which charts the love affair between a young French woman and a German officer assigned to watch her in 1940s Nazi-occupied France.

Suite Francaise: Tale of forbidden love and survival in Nazi-occupied France

May 15, 2015

Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, feels like the perfect postapocalyptic movie for our own age of energy crises.

Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, feels like the perfect postapocalyptic movie for our own age of energy crises.

George Miller comes full circle with Mad Max: Fury Road

May 15, 2015

Julia Sarah Stone as Sam, a teenager who’s in her element beneath the surface of the high school pool: alone, weightless and temporarily unbothered by the incessant hassles that bug her above the surface.

Julia Sarah Stone as Sam, a teenager who’s in her element beneath the surface of the high school pool: alone, weightless and temporarily unbothered by the incessant hassles that bug her above the surface.

Wet Bum: Lindsay Mackay’s directorial debut rises above its Canadian identity

April 17, 2015

Frieda Pinto and Reece Ritchie star as dancers resisting Iran’s strict cultural regulations in their secret dance troupe.

Frieda Pinto and Reece Ritchie star as dancers resisting Iran’s strict cultural regulations in their secret dance troupe.

Desert Dancer: Defiant anti-repression film leaps into sugary teen muck

April 10, 2015

The Salt of the Earth explores the photography of Sebastiao Salgado.

The Salt of the Earth explores the photography of Sebastiao Salgado.

The Salt of the Earth: Sebastiao Salgado’s walk through catastrophe

April 10, 2015

Liam Hemsworth and Billy Bob Thornton star in Cut Bank.

Liam Hemsworth and Billy Bob Thornton star in Cut Bank.

Cut Bank: Fargo-inspired drama lacking poetic subtlety

April 9, 2015

The punk genre didn’t exist when Teenage Head – pictured July 1, 1977 – came together in ’75, but the band has come to live with the label.

The punk genre didn’t exist when Teenage Head – pictured July 1, 1977 – came together in ’75, but the band has come to live with the label.

Teenage Head: The band that (unintentionally) inspired Canadian punk

April 9, 2015

From left, The Salt of the Earth directors Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and photographer Sebastiao Salgado.

From left, The Salt of the Earth directors Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and photographer Sebastiao Salgado.

Wim Wenders on bringing the passionate work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado to the screen

March 27, 2015

Rihanna provides the voice for Tip, a human tween who teams up with alien Oh (Jim Parsons) to find her mother.

Rihanna provides the voice for Tip, a human tween who teams up with alien Oh (Jim Parsons) to find her mother.

Home: Cute and cuddly cowards make for curious overlords

March 6, 2015

Anthony Hopkins as Freddy Heineken in Kidnapping Mr. Heineken.

Anthony Hopkins as Freddy Heineken in Kidnapping Mr. Heineken.

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken: The masters of dullness

February 27, 2015

Peter Strickland’s dark new film about desire’s demands asks more questions than it answers.

Peter Strickland’s dark new film about desire’s demands asks more questions than it answers.

The Duke of Burgundy: A love story entangled with eroticism

February 19, 2015

Ryan Reynolds, seen during TIFF in 2014, says when he’s choosing roles these days ‘it’s more about the experience for me.’

Ryan Reynolds, seen during TIFF in 2014, says when he’s choosing roles these days ‘it’s more about the experience for me.’

Ryan Reynolds defies expectations as a quirky serial killer in The Voices

January 30, 2015

Red Army follows Russian hockey elite, including, from left, Alexei Kasatonov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Larionov, Viacheslav (Slava) Fetisov.

Red Army follows Russian hockey elite, including, from left, Alexei Kasatonov, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Larionov, Viacheslav (Slava) Fetisov.

Red Army uses hockey to carve tale of human tragedy