Reviews

TIFF Review: The ambitious yet unfocused ‘Apples’

Aris Servetalis in Christos Nikou's Apples (courtesy of TIFF) Plot: The world is hit by a pandemic - only it’s… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: Nicole Riegel’s ‘Holler’ resonates with rural plight

Jessica Barden in Holler (courtesy Level Forward) Writer/director Nicole Riegel's feature debut, Holler, expands upon her 2016 short of the… Read More

September 10, 2020

Venice Review: Vanessa Kirby gives a career-best performance in grief-laden ‘Pieces of a Woman’

The entire heart-rending story of Kornél Mundruczó’s newest feature, Pieces of a Woman, can be deciphered in Martha (Vanessa Kirby)’s… Read More

September 9, 2020

Frameline Review: ‘Killing Patient Zero’

Gaëtan Dugas was a handsome French-Canadian flight attendant who, like most gay men in the seventies, dove headfirst into the… Read More

September 9, 2020

TV Review: ‘Pen15’ season two shows the transformative power of friendship and tweens’ imagination

Smells like tween spirit (Erica Parise/Hulu) There’s a brilliant visual gag in Hulu’s middle-school raunchy comedy PEN15. Co-creators and lead… Read More

September 8, 2020

Venice Review: Regina King’s glorious ‘One Night in Miami’ is a vital and indispensable directorial debut

Leslie Odom, Jr., Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge in Regina King's ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (courtesy of Amazon… Read More

September 7, 2020

Film Review: An actor’s career, redemption, and life are on the ropes in ‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’

When you hear the name David Arquette, you might think of the actor from the Scream franchise. You might think… Read More

September 7, 2020

Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino cobbles together a Ferragamo fantasy in ‘Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams’

For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and… Read More

September 7, 2020

Retrospective: ‘Almost Famous,’ still holding us closer 20 years later

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 20 years since Almost Famous came out.  A critical success but a… Read More

September 7, 2020

Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: “Sex, Lies and Pancakes”

It’s another week of “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” or as I now refer to it “Dr. Wendy Osefo and… Read More

September 6, 2020

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