Film Reviews

TIFF Review: ‘Beginning’ knows where to start but no idea how to end

courtesy of TIFF Plot: When a mysterious attack takes place on a church in one of Georgia’s remote villages, a… Read More

September 22, 2020

NYFF Review: A humble pig gets her time in the spotlight in gripping nature doc ‘Gunda’

courtesy of Neon Victor Kossokofsky loves to prod at the boundaries of what he can do with documentary cinema --… Read More

September 21, 2020

TIFF Review: Naomi Kawase gets maternal with ‘True Mothers,’ her best film in years

courtesy of TIFF Plot: In Japan, a couple who are unable to give birth to a child of their own… Read More

September 21, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Summer of 85’ leaves the viewer out in the cold

courtesy of TIFF Plot: In 1985, a young man falls in love with an adventurous, free-spirited man. Over a brief… Read More

September 21, 2020

TIFF Review: What ’76 Days’ lacks in scope it makes up for as a timely look at the small beginnings of a worldwide pandemic

courtesy of TIFF Before it became a global issue, and long before it began to affect each and every one… Read More

September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Gaza Mon Amour’ is one of the best Middle Eastern films of the year

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A 40-something fisherman in Gaza who has never been married catches an Apollo statue by pure… Read More

September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: Using myth and metaphor, ‘Wolfwalkers’ astounds with arresting visuals and masterful storytelling

Courtesy of TIFF Plot: Blending elements of Irish folklore, this new installment in Cartoon Saloon’s folklore inspired trilogy (Secret of… Read More

September 20, 2020

TIFF Review: Mads Mikkelsen is superb in Thomas Vinterberg’s intoxicating ‘Another Round’

courtesy of TIFF Plot: A group of friends who happen to work together as teachers in the same school decide… Read More

September 18, 2020

TIFF Review: ‘Shadow in the Cloud’ aims high but crashes and burns

courtesy of TIFF How does one watch a movie like SHADOW IN THE CLOUD?  Pretend that the gremlin is Max… Read More

September 18, 2020

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

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