Reviews

‘Concrete Utopia’ Review: Um Tae-hwa’s Dystopian Thriller Remains a Fun Ride Despite Lack of Nuance | Toronto

Sometimes you read the premise of a film and can tell immediately where it’s going to go and what kind… Read More

September 10, 2023

‘Unicorns’ Review: A Visually Arresting Examination of Desire and Identity with Transcendent Performances by Ben Hardy and Jason Patel | Toronto

When it comes to capturing on-screen horniness well, it’s about more than physical intimacy. It’s also about the atmosphere and… Read More

September 10, 2023

‘Perfect Days’ Review: Wim Wenders’ Latest Finds the Beauty in the Mundane | Toronto

Films like Perfect Days are rare to come by. Rather than opting for a clear-cut narrative with dramatic twists and… Read More

September 9, 2023

‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review: Poirot’s Latest Case is a Ghostly Good Time

Just a year after the release of the seemingly cursed Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh is back with another… Read More

September 9, 2023

‘Dicks: The Musical’ Review: A Naughty Bawdy Gaudy Sporty Musical Comedy Out That Alphas the Alphas | Toronto

It can be simultaneously exhilarating and exhausting to watch a film that is so thoroughly on its own wavelength that… Read More

September 9, 2023

‘Mandoob (Night Courier)’ Review: Ali Kalthami’s Nocturnal Debut Feature is a Satisfying Plunge into Saudi Nightlife | Toronto

A few years after Saudi cinema made a splash with Haifa Al Mansour’s Wadjda and the Perfect Candidate, the Kingdom… Read More

September 9, 2023

‘lo Capitano’ Review: Garrone’s Migrant Story is Well Intentioned but Ultimately Slight | Venice

“Mom, I have to go. Look where we live, our house is coming down.” These are the words Seydou, the… Read More

September 8, 2023

‘Lubo’ Review: Franz Rogowski is Extraordinary in Giorgio Diritti’s Sometimes Brutal Work | Venice

‘You will devote your life to conquering death’: so is foretold to the titular protagonist of Giorgio Diritti’s Lubo (Franz… Read More

September 7, 2023

‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’ Review:  Liam Neeson Does his Usual Liam Neeson Thing in this Middling Action Thriller | Venice

If there was a theme for the 2023 Venice Film Festival lineup it would most certainly be hitmen. This year… Read More

September 7, 2023

‘Wildcat’ Review: Ethan Hawke Channels Flannery O’Connor’s Singular Voice in this Moving, Meandering Passion Project | Telluride

"I want to do this for a good feeling and for a bad one," Flannery O'Connor declares in her short… Read More

September 7, 2023

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