Since 2009, TIFF has offered a City To City program that focuses on international films from a specific city. At its core, the idea is a compelling one: to look at the cinema output of a single city during the span of a single year. Last year offered a glimpse at Seoul, South Korea, while previous years saw Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Athens, and Buenos Aires take the stage — each arguably a city in a country whose films are overlooked by the typical North American filmgoer. This year, though, the city of choice is London, which, to put it lightly, is a less interesting pick (granted there are only so many cities producing enough films to fill a whole program). London, unlike many of the other past cities, it might be said, doesn’t need the same sort of special attention. Thankfully, though, this year’s picks seem to at least be eclectic and mostly interesting indie flicks that might not have otherwise garnered much attention.
One such film is “London Road,” an odd and deeply...
