In a year when everything in the movie industry has had to scramble amid COVID-19, Toronto is the biggest A-list film festival to go virtual, with a smaller slate of movies for an event that's considered one of the biggest kickoffs for Oscar season.
but with way more WiFi involved, we’re going to be keeping readers up to date with reaction to all the major films and hidden gems we’re seeing. Watching only the first and fourth parts of a six-hour HBO horror/mystery miniseries is indeed a puzzling endeavor. What “The Third Day,” premiering at the fest before dropping on HBO Sept. 14, does do well is tease creepy atmospherics and an island that plays like the British version of that “Midsommar” nightmare locale.
He enters a strange"New Identity" program that puts him through various challenges – go to a strip club, wreck a car – so Aris can create new life moments and take a Polaroid to capture them. He meets a woman also in"recovery," though the truth of Aris' past is gradually revealed in a thoughtful story about self-discovery and selective memory.
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