Film Reviews

NYFF Review: ‘MLK/FBI’ charts the complexities of a great man and the government agency that worked tirelessly to take him down

“When you construct someone as a great man, there’s almost nothing more satisfying than revealing the opposite.”  This sentence, uttered… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: Suzanne Lindon’s ‘Spring Blossom’ is a charming tale of first love

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A 16-year old girl enters a romantic relationship with an older theatre actor whose play is… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Memory House’ fails to illuminate, keeping its Brazilian folklore out of reach

courtesy of TIFF Plot: An Indigenrous-Black man from Brazil’s rural north struggles to earn acceptance in his community. When he… Read More

September 18, 2020

NYFF Review: ‘Malmkrog’ is a gorgeous, stately slog through frippery and philosophy

(courtesy of Shellac) It’s Christmas Eve in the late nineteenth century, and snow coats the grounds of the eponymous Transylvanian… Read More

September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: Despite strong performances from its leads, ‘Wildfire’ is doused by lackluster storytelling

courtesy of TIFF Plot: After having suddenly and mysteriously disappeared for almost a year, a women returns to her hometown… Read More

September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘The Truffle Hunters’ digs up one of the year’s most moving films

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: In Italy, where truffle hunting is a culinary obsession, a number of elderly hunters continue to… Read More

September 17, 2020

TIFF Review: Rosamund Pike is a standout in J Blakeson’s sharp and clever ‘I Care A Lot’

courtesy of TIFF After the disappointment that was The 5th Wave, director J Blakeson makes his return to a smaller… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: The deeply earnest ‘Good Joe Bell’ is a story of self-redemption

courtesy of TIFF Plot: The true story of an Oregon father, Joe Bell, who sets out on a walk across… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Notturno’ doc highlights the aftermath of war told through the eyes of those who lived it

Plot: Filmed in several parts of the war-torn Middle East, NOTTURNO documents the aftermath of war through the eyes of… Read More

September 16, 2020

TIFF Review: Sam Pollard’s riveting ‘MLK/FBI’ looks at Hoover’s attempt to destroy an American hero

courtesy of TIFF In my June op-ed, about America’s growing moral dissonance systemically reinforced by the entertainment content we consume, I… Read More

September 15, 2020

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