TIFF Review : Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ offers a charming, if compromised, love letter to cinema [Grade: B]
Even before it reached Western shores for its premiere as the closing night film of the Toronto International Film Festival, Zhang Yimou’s One Second was... Read More
Clint Worthington
Clint Worthington is a Senior Writer for Consequence of Sound and the founder and editor-in-chief of The Spool. He also co-hosts and produces the podcasts More of a Comment, Really... and Hall of Faces for The Spool, as well as Travolta/Cage with Nathan Rabin. He lives in Chicago with his wife, his cat, and too many Criterions.
TIFF Review: ‘The Survivor’ has a knockout performance from Ben Foster, even as it pulls its punches elsewhere [Grade: C+]
Weepy prestige biopics set during the Holocaust are nothing new; they’re the backbone of a robust subcategory of Oscar-hungry films eager for the audience’s attention... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Violet’ gives voice to the violent self-destruction of anxiety, even as the gimmick gets old [Grade: B-]
Why can’t I stop this voice in my head? This phrase, one of many blasted in cursive in the margins of Justine Bateman’s directorial debut... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’ is a dizzyingly quirky biopic about England’s original cat dad [Grade: A-]
Many artists are never appreciated in their time; others get the appreciation, but little of the money and fame. The latter is definitely true of... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Mothering Sunday’ is a lusty, languid tale of death and creative rebirth [Grade: B-]
England, 1924 — World War I has been over for half a decade, but for many, the wounds of the Great War are still fresh.... Read More
‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ review: Lord and Miller upload the first great animated film of 2021
“Lots of families have strengths. My family only has weaknesses,” quips Katie (Abbi Jacobson) in the opening minutes of The Mitchells vs. The Machines, as... Read More
Interview: Megan Park, director of SXSW winner ‘The Fallout’ on the tricky line of exploring trauma without exploitation
In a March wracked by mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s grotesquely fitting that writer-director Megan Park’s debut feature, The Fallout, greeted audiences at... Read More
Sundance Review: Werewolf thriller ‘Eight for Silver’ is an inventive but languid Hammer throwback
Writer/director Sean Ellis may have filmed his werewolf creeper Eight for Silver before the pandemic, but it certainly arrives at an opportune moment. A mysterious... Read More
Sundance Review: Ben Wheatley’s ‘In the Earth’ mines folk-horror inspiration from the pandemic
Sundance has been chock-a-block with films exploring our collective anxieties and traumas surrounding the COVID-19 crisis — from the harrowing accounts out of China from... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Homeroom’ shows us the kids are all right
2020 was hard on a lot of people, but I feel for youth (especially Black and Brown youth) the most. Not only did the COVID-19... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 268 – Our Favorite Films of 2024 
2024 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Winners: ‘Anora’ is Best Picture 
2024 Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Nominations 
2024 Columbus Film Critics Association (CFCA) Nominations