Film Reviews

NYFF Review: ‘Belle’ (竜とそばかすの姫) will make your heart sing [Grade: A-]

The virtual world in Belle is called “U,” as in it specializes in “you” and what makes each and every… Read More

September 27, 2021

NYFF Review: Cinema just took a huge dose of adrenaline with ‘Titane’ and gasped for air [Grade: A]

It’s probably better for you as a moviegoer to just take my word for it and go see Titane as… Read More

September 27, 2021

‘The Starling’ review: Theodore Melfi’s breakup dramedy flies on a broken wing [Grade: C-]

Melissa McCarthy and Theodore Melfi have shared similarities in their bodies of work. Both getting their names and work known… Read More

September 27, 2021

NYFF Review: Engrossing ‘Prism’ doc examines how photographic technologies favor white skin, questions the “neutral camera” [Grade: A]

Eléonore Yameogo, An van Dienderen, Rosine Mbakam’s Prism may spark an entirely new conversation about racial bias in filmmaking, namely the “problem”… Read More

September 25, 2021

‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ NYFF review: A beautiful film, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing [Grade: B]

Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth premiered at the New York Film Festival with little fanfare—a morning screening, a press… Read More

September 24, 2021

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ review: The renowned Broadway musical becomes a tone deaf examination of teenage anxiety [Grade: D-]

From the moment the Dear Evan Hansen trailer debuted a couple of months ago, it was marred with controversy. Fans… Read More

September 22, 2021

TIFF Review : Zhang Yimou’s ‘One Second’ offers a charming, if compromised, love letter to cinema [Grade: B]

Even before it reached Western shores for its premiere as the closing night film of the Toronto International Film Festival,… Read More

September 19, 2021

TIFF Review: With ‘Julia,’ Julie Cohen and Betsy West whip up a charming confit of cooking’s most fearless and unlikely personality [Grade: A]

Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s Julia opens with a clip of Julia Child introducing her TV audience to “the chicken… Read More

September 18, 2021

TIFF Review: ‘The Falls’ (瀑布) is a tense, touching portrait of love and empathy [Grade: A]

At the center of our story stands an apartment building, fully wrapped in blue tarp. We see many buildings of… Read More

September 17, 2021

TIFF Review: Alexandre Moratto’s ‘7 Prisoners’ is a compelling and harrowing look at modern-day slave trade [Grade: B+]

Brazilian filmmaker Alexandre Moratto creates a highly effective, if uneven, picture on the devastating working conditions in his homeland, capturing… Read More

September 16, 2021

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