Film Reviews
Titane spins elements of body horror and science-fiction into a beautiful tale of love and identity, grounded in true human emotion.
With The Humans, director Stephen Karam uses cinematic space and language to transform his play into one remarkable film.
As it is, Cry Macho is the type of story that Eastwood has both told and portrayed better in the past.
Just like the movie-within-a-movie style Hansen-Løve uses to tell the story, her latest film is a layered, intelligent work full of reflection about art, life, and relationships.
Kristy Strouse gives us her final report from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with her last four film reviews.
Ari Folman’s latest Where Is Anne Frank is a kaleidoscope of beautiful visuals and good intentions, even if some of them don’t exactly land.
Kristy Strouse shares her third report from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival with reviews for The Mad Women’s Ball, Out of Sync & I’m Your Man.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is one of the better film adaptations of a stage musical.
With Kristy Strouse’s next report she covers Silent Land, Encounter and Dug Dug!
Denis Villeneuve brings Frank Herbert’s Dune – the best-selling science fiction novel of all time – to the silver screen.
In the latest report from TIFF 2021, Wilson Kwong reviews the unique biopics films Spencer and The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
The Card Counter, the latest film from writer/director Paul Schrader, is very much a companion piece to his earlier, existentialist efforts.
Kristy Strouse shares her first report with three films from Toronto International Film Festival, all female and directorial debuts.
In the latest report from TIFF 2021, Wilson Kwong looks at solid examples of creative storytelling with All My Puny Sorrows and Kicking Blood.
Sion Sono’s English-language debut stars Nicholas Cage as a criminal forced to track down the granddaughter of an Old West-meets-Mad Max warlord.