biography
Society of the Snow delivers a powerful narrative that transcends the screen, prompting audiences to contemplate the depths of human endurance.
By the final image of The Promised Land, we’ve been taken on an epic adventure, and in our heart of hearts, we are sated by the sweep of it all.
Durkin’s moving, muscular tale will astound and captivate you, and is unlikely to leave a dry eye in the house. The Iron Claw is a spectacular triumph.
Apolonia Apolonia manages to paint a fairly engaging portrait of an artist discovering the intimate balance between success and her freedoms as an artist.
A prime example of what political cinema should be, Eros + Massacre is an intriguing and challenging work from one of Japanese’s singular talents.
Napoleon feels a lot like its titular character: loudly ambitious to a fault, and it can’t make up its mind on what to be.
Joan Baez is not without her flaws and shortcomings, but the noise she made with the song of her life continues to reverberate through time and space.
With Priscilla, Sofia Coppola proves that she is the premier chronicler of what it feels like for a girl.
For the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, Wilson Kong reviews Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money and Margreth Olin’s Songs of Earth.
There’s a lot of hard work under the hood of Gran Turismo that narrowly crosses the finish line of a compelling racing film.
For fans of epic films, particularly the 1956 remake of this one, the 1923 version is worth a watch.
The Space Race captures the journey of space flight though the unrelenting spirit and resilience of the black community.
What results is an engrossing, often painful, always warm portrait of the challenges of wanting to make art in a world hostile to the prospect.
Padre Pio leans into its politics and historical fealty; the spiritual aspects are heady, abstract, and dense.