TIFF 2020 Review Roundup: This Year’s Standout Movies
TIFF 2020 is a wrap, and we’ve put together a collection of movie reviews and features from this year’s festival.
LX 2048 Review: One Talky Therapy Session of Sci-Fi Ideas
No one can go out and practically every human on the planet is on a virtual call. The timing of LX 2048's release is uncanny.
NYFF Dispatch II: The Human Voice Review
A new Pedro Almodóvar film is always cause for celebration. Even a short one, especially one that so carefully harkens back and deepens, in turn, the Spanish director’s longstanding fascinations. The Human Voice, starring Tilda Swinton and “freely based” on Jean Cocteau’s 1928 play by the same name, is pure Almodóvar. It’s both a potent […]
NYFF Dispatch I: The Inheritance & Lovers Rock Review
Eprhaim Asili and Steve McQueen's respective films are tender portraits of the power of community-run spaces.
Oldenburg Film Festival Review: Buck Alamo
Buck Alamo is a simple tale of a man looking back at his life and trying to fight off death. Death for Buck Alamo (Sonny Carl Davis), the singing cowboy, is inevitable. Not only is the voice of Death (Bruce Dern) used as a voiceover throughout the film, but his doctor has told him in […]
TIFF 2020: The Kid Detective Review
The central mystery of The Kid Detective is, "Who exactly is the audience for this movie?"
TIFF 2020: Wolfwalkers Review
An enchanting adventure for all ages.
TIFF 2020: Memory House Review
João Paulo Miranda Maria’s haunting Brazilian drama Memory House offers one of the year’s most ferocious social commentaries.
TIFF 2020: Saint-Narcisse Review
Bruce LaBruce's twisted twins tale SAINT-NARCISSE gives new meaning to the phrase "go f*** yourself."
TIFF 2020: Underplayed Review
Stacey Lee’s Underplayed presents a sprawling and energetic portrait of a landscape in need of a change.
TIFF 2020: Good Joe Bell Review
Mark Wahlberg stars in latest drama from Brokeback Mountain writers Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry.
TIFF 2020: The Water Man Review
David Oyelowo’s directorial debut The Water Man tells a heartfelt mythical tale about facing our worst fears.
TIFF 2020: Another Round Review
Thomas Vinterberg reunites with Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen for a celebration of life and friendship.
TIFF 2020: Ammonite Review
Kate Winslet delivers a quiet but powerful performance as fossil hunter Mary Anning in Francis Lee’s Ammonite.
Antebellum Review: Empty Gestures and Hollow History
When it comes to horror, what has happened throughout history to Black people is far worse than anything that has ever happened in any horror film. Antebellum exploits that true cruelty and uses it as a vehicle for more pain without any notion of commentary or nuance beyond the obvious. The film starts with a […]
