Film Reviews

‘The Menu’ review: Mark Mylod perfects his recipe of thrills, obsession, and passion [A] | Toronto

Reviewing a film like The Menu is a hilariously ironic task, because with every word I write to this piece,… Read More

September 11, 2022

‘Godland’ review: Hlynur Pálmason’s latest is an intriguing and evocative look at Danish colonialism [B+] | Toronto

Godland is not a film for everyone. Inaccessible at times and undoubtedly not without traces of indulgence, this arthouse film… Read More

September 11, 2022

‘Emily’ review: Emma Mackey breathes life into Frances O’Connor’s passionate and incredibly fitting biopic of Emily Brontë [A-] | Toronto

In her editor’s note to the novel Wuthering Heights, Charlotte Brontë described the book as “moorish, and wild, and knotty… Read More

September 11, 2022

‘The Kiev Trial’ review: Sergei Loznitsa’s latest dip into the archives explores the banality of Nazi evil in Ukraine [B-] | Venice

On Venice’s Lido island, documentarian Sergei Loznitsa was greeted like an exiled novelist, or an ex-political prisoner finally able to… Read More

September 10, 2022

‘Autobiography’ review: Makbul Mubarak’s debut feature is a harrowing tale of lust for power and deeply rooted corruption [A-] | Toronto

Rarely do debut features feel as confident as Makbul Mubarak’s Autobigraphy, an electrifying, bold and heartbreaking film that sends an… Read More

September 10, 2022

‘Siccità’ review: Paolo Virzì’s Italian apocalyptic satire sinks its teeth into the pandemic, climate change but bites off more than it can chew [C] | Venice

It’s immediately visible that Siccità, or Dry, is setting a grand stage for an incisive comment on the dire nature… Read More

September 10, 2022

‘The Blue Caftan’ review: A groundbreaking LGBTQ film of MENA cinema [A-] | TIFF

Maryam Touzani’s second feature breaks major ground for Arab cinema with a bold, absorbing and heartbreaking ode to love. For… Read More

September 9, 2022

‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

Pinocchio (voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) in Disney's live-action PINOCCHIO (Photo courtesy of Disney) The best and most interesting Disney… Read More

September 8, 2022

‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s affecting story about motherhood is a stunner [A] | Venice Film Festival

It’s November 2013, and in the small town of Berck-sur-mer, in northern France, a 15-month old baby is found dead… Read More

September 7, 2022

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