Reviews

NYFF Review: ‘Isabella’ doesn’t sink or swim—it just floats

courtesy of Cinema Guild Filmmaker Matías Piñeiro has added to his Shakespearean-inspired filmography with Isabella, which is as much a… Read More

September 23, 2020

Film Review: Tell me, tell me, how to be, how to be a ‘Kajillionaire’

(l-r) Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger and Evan Rachel Wood in Miranda July's KAJILLIONAIRE (courtesy of Focus Features) Certain movies make… Read More

September 23, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Beginning’ knows where to start but no idea how to end

courtesy of TIFF Plot: When a mysterious attack takes place on a church in one of Georgia’s remote villages, a… Read More

September 22, 2020

From ‘Cast Away’ to ‘Buried’ – 9 Isolation Double-Features to Remind You…It Could Be Worse

(20th Century Fox) At the start of COVID, we thought it would be fun to keep track of how many… Read More

September 22, 2020

A renewed appreciation for ‘Always,’ Spielberg’s least-noticed, but most heartfelt film

(United Artists /Universal Pictures) As we all breathlessly anticipate director Steven Spielberg’s take on West Side Story, which is currently… Read More

September 22, 2020

NYFF Review: A humble pig gets her time in the spotlight in gripping nature doc ‘Gunda’

courtesy of Neon Victor Kossokofsky loves to prod at the boundaries of what he can do with documentary cinema --… Read More

September 21, 2020

TIFF Review: Naomi Kawase gets maternal with ‘True Mothers,’ her best film in years

courtesy of TIFF Plot: In Japan, a couple who are unable to give birth to a child of their own… Read More

September 21, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Summer of 85’ leaves the viewer out in the cold

courtesy of TIFF Plot: In 1985, a young man falls in love with an adventurous, free-spirited man. Over a brief… Read More

September 21, 2020

Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Nothing Good Happens In A Barn”

After seventeen weeks at Monique’s dingy lake house, the ladies and T’Challa all have their feet firmly planted back in… Read More

September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: What ’76 Days’ lacks in scope it makes up for as a timely look at the small beginnings of a worldwide pandemic

courtesy of TIFF Before it became a global issue, and long before it began to affect each and every one… Read More

September 20, 2020

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