Daniel Bayer

Anna Kendrick on the power of restraint, her personal connection to ‘Alice, Darling’ and on set group therapy

Anna Kendrick was looking for a change. “I knew that I wanted to kind of stretch away from the kind… Read More

December 30, 2022

20 years ago ‘Chicago’ promised a new era of razzle dazzle movie musicals but Hollywood had… artistic differences [Retrospective]

It remains one of the most effective stylistic gambits in cinema history: Over the course of five cuts in about… Read More

December 21, 2022

‘All That Breathes’ review: Shaunak Sen beautifully examines ecological conservation through our most vulnerable of creatures

Under the gray skies of Delhi, a rat scurries around amidst the debris. It finds another rat doing the same.… Read More

November 1, 2022

‘Mama’s Boy’ review: Dustin Lance Black doc just barely balances line between being uplifting and a stilted vanity project | NewFest

In 2009, at the age of 34, Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar for his screenplay for the Harvey Milk… Read More

October 17, 2022

‘Sanctuary’ review: Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley sizzle in a twisty, sexy romance that slaps [B+] | Toronto

BDSM has gotten a bad rap on film. Often presented as something indicative of a broken psyche or deviant behavior,… Read More

September 16, 2022

‘Pearl’ review: Mia Goth and Ti West deconstruct old Hollywood and take us on a Technicolor trip through a twisted mind [B+] | Toronto

As a full orchestra plays a sweeping Old Hollywood-style melody, a young girl cheerfully goes about her chores on a… Read More

September 15, 2022

‘The Inspection’ Review: Elegance Bratton’s personal exploration of perseverance is led by a transcendent Jeremy Pope [B] | Toronto

In 2005, while the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was still in effect, Ellis French (two-time Tony Award nominee… Read More

September 12, 2022

2022 Tony Awards Predictions: A ‘Trilogy,’ a ‘Loop’ and a thriller of a lead actor in a musical race

The theatrical event of the season is finally here! The 2022 Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 12,… Read More

June 8, 2022

Interview: Director Terence Davies on poetry, ‘Benediction’ as a story of redemption and that aching final shot

One of the great figures of British cinema, Terence Davies has shown no signs of slowing down in his seventies.… Read More

June 3, 2022

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