Film Reviews

TIFF Review: World War II era ‘Tove’ paints a picture of love and loss

Alma Pöysti in Tove We rarely recognize the most formative moments in our lives at the time of their occurrence.… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: With a mesmerizing performance by Laetitia Dosch, ‘Simple Passion’ is anything but

Sergei Polunin and Laetitia Dosch in Simple Passion Plot: A single mother falls in love with a younger man who enters her… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: Engrossing, ‘The Ties’ that bind examine a marriage in crisis

Luigi Lo Cascio and Alba Rohrwacher in The TIes Plot: In the 1980s, a popular radio presenter and storyteller suddenly… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: The ambitious yet unfocused ‘Apples’

Aris Servetalis in Christos Nikou's Apples (courtesy of TIFF) Plot: The world is hit by a pandemic - only it’s… Read More

September 10, 2020

TIFF Review: Nicole Riegel’s ‘Holler’ resonates with rural plight

Jessica Barden in Holler (courtesy Level Forward) Writer/director Nicole Riegel's feature debut, Holler, expands upon her 2016 short of the… Read More

September 10, 2020

Venice Review: Vanessa Kirby gives a career-best performance in grief-laden ‘Pieces of a Woman’

The entire heart-rending story of Kornél Mundruczó’s newest feature, Pieces of a Woman, can be deciphered in Martha (Vanessa Kirby)’s… Read More

September 9, 2020

Frameline Review: ‘Killing Patient Zero’

Gaëtan Dugas was a handsome French-Canadian flight attendant who, like most gay men in the seventies, dove headfirst into the… Read More

September 9, 2020

Venice Review: Regina King’s glorious ‘One Night in Miami’ is a vital and indispensable directorial debut

Leslie Odom, Jr., Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge in Regina King's ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (courtesy of Amazon… Read More

September 7, 2020

Film Review: An actor’s career, redemption, and life are on the ropes in ‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’

When you hear the name David Arquette, you might think of the actor from the Scream franchise. You might think… Read More

September 7, 2020

Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino cobbles together a Ferragamo fantasy in ‘Salvatore – Shoemaker of Dreams’

For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and… Read More

September 7, 2020

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