Classic Movies Live – Season 4, Episode 35: TIFF 2023 Wrap-Up
September 20, 2023
The 48th Toronto International Film Festival just ended, and we sent one of our hosts to go watch every movie he could!
On today’s episode of Classic Movies Live! Pierre interviews Jeff about his experience at #TIFF23. What were the best, worst, and most interesting movies to screen at the festival? We cover as many as we can in this hour-long wrap-up of Canada’s biggest film festival!
Tune in for in-depth (spoiler-free) reviews of Next Goal Wins, Origin, Dicks: The Musical, Hit Man, AGGRO DR1FT, The Teachers’ Lounge, Green Border, Sleep, Hate to Love: Nickelback, The Holdovers, The Monk and the Gun, and others!
And when you’re done listening to this episode, check out some of Jeff’s reviews over on Letterboxd, as well as Jeff’s guest appearance on the TIFF episode of Contra Zoom Pod. Jeff also wrote reviews for two TIFF movies not discussed in this episode, I Don’t Know Who You Are and Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person.
Finally, check out this review from David Ehrlich of AGGRO DR1FT, mentioned in this episode.
In the time since this episode was recorded, Hit Man has found distribution with Netflix. Make sure to watch it in theatres when it releases!
This episode was produced during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, the films being discussed in this show wouldn’t exist. To learn more about the ongoing strikes, go to https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/ and https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike-hub
