164: TIFF 2021 Preview

With this year's Toronto International Film Festival just around the corner, we are here to share our most anticipated films that are playing during this year's iteration. We both had five films we've named and included a few honourable mentions.

Dakota's Picks - Spencer, All My Puny Sorrows, Official Competition, A Hero and The Middle Man

Rachel's Picks - Flee, Night Raiders, Scarborough, Aloners and Belfast

Honourable mentions include Memoira, The Forgiven, Encounter, DASHCAM, Snakehead and Titane

Check out Rachel's helpful TIFF planning website.

Read Dakota's article detailing his most anticipated movies still to come out in 2021. 

Read Rachel's interviews with Riz Ahmed and Simu Liu. 

Check out That Shelf's best films of 2021 so far.

Listen to The Troubles podcast to learn more about the background information of Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. 

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