Gael García Bernal

EMA: The Body Electric
EMA: The Body Electric

Equal parts fantastic and frustrating, Ema soars sky-high but cannot maintain those heights over the course of the film.

EMA Trailer
EMA Trailer

A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.

OLD: A Sinking Feeling
OLD: A Sinking Feeling

Despite a strong first half, Old, the latest nightmare from M. Night Shyamalan, quickly falls apart in the second half.

OLD Trailer
OLD Trailer

A family on a tropical holiday discovers that the beach where they are at is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into one day.

WASP NETWORK: All Dressed UP With Nowhere To Go
WASP NETWORK: All Dressed UP With Nowhere To Go

This slick spy story has too many tricks up its sleeve, leading more to confusion than thrills.

EMA: Finding Liberation In Flame And Reggaeton Dance
EMA: Finding Liberation In Flame & Reggaeton Dance

Ema is not like any other film that has come out this year so far. Its celebration of female agency is like a fever dream — indescribable and euphoric.

TIFF 19: Beautiful Traitors in Assayas' WASP NETWORK
WASP NETWORK: Assayas’ Spy Thriller Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

Wasp Network’s bites off far more than it can chew, there’s no denying this all-star cast makes up for what is lost in plot.

IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Maybe Not Heavenly, But An Absurd Delight
IT MUST BE HEAVEN: Maybe Not Heavenly, But An Absurd Delight

Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven balances wit and amusement with a melancholic, maybe even unfulfilled, sense of belonging.

TIFF 2019: Pablo Larraín's Rapturous Dance Melodrama EMA
TIFF 2019: Pablo Larraín’s Rapturous Dance Melodrama EMA

Pablo Larraín’s Ema is certainly the most unpredictable, wild, and unconventional study of a frayed woman at this year’s TIFF.

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: Maggie Gyllenhaal Towers Over Tough, Uncomfortable Drama
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: Maggie Gyllenhaal Towers Over Tough, Uncomfortable Drama

The Kindergarten Teacher is expertly magnetic as a vessel for a cringe-worthy effect of its own making, and with a strong central performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal as well.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018 Week 2 Report: Books, Crooks & Good Looks

Film Inquiry’s Alex Lines has left MIFF 2018 – his final report includes some of the best (and two of the worst) films he saw.

THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Trailer
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Trailer

A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.

COCO: A Masterpiece We Will Remember
COCO: A Masterpiece We Will Remember

Coco is a refreshingly respectful look at Mexican culture, told from a child’s perspective but in a surprisingly poignant way as well.

SALT AND FIRE: An Enthralling Treatise On The Environment & Truth
SALT AND FIRE: An Enthralling Treatise On The Environment & Truth

Salt and Fire is an alluringly ambiguous environmental thriller by Werner Herzog, featuring purposefully stilted and brilliant performances.

YOU'RE KILLING ME SUSANA: Not Engaging Enough To Drive Its Points Home
YOU’RE KILLING ME SUSANA: Not Engaging Enough To Drive Its Points Home

You’re Killing Me Susana doesn’t adhere to almost any of the rom-com genre’s stereotypes, yet its static characters cause it to stumble.