AwardsWatch - Film Reviews

Review: The thrilling trollmance ‘Border’ (★★★★)

Erik Anderson October 24, 2018

Ali Abbasi creates the grimmest of faerie tales as two outcasts find love in a hopeless place in this wild, wonderful, surprisingly emotional drama. Tina... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Boy Erased’ (★★★½)

Erik Anderson September 18, 2018

Joel Edgerton has crafted a compassionate family drama with extraordinary performances from Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe In Boy Erased, based on Garrard... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Green Book’ (★★)

Erik Anderson September 15, 2018

Peter Farrelly’s race relations road movie may be safe and conventional but winning performances from Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali make it a crowdpleaser “Inspired... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (★★★★)

Erik Anderson September 14, 2018

Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning Moonlight with another masterpiece; a lush, visual love story and the first ever film adaptation of James Baldwin’s work It... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Beautiful Boy’ (★★★)

Erik Anderson September 12, 2018

Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet both give Oscar-worthy performances as a father and son dealing with the son’s drug addiction in this affecting true story Stories... Read More

Toronto Review: Nicole Kidman in ‘Destroyer’ (★★★½)

Erik Anderson September 11, 2018

In Karyn Kusama’s gritty and grimy crime thriller Destroyer, Nicole Kidman plays Erin Bell, a grizzled LA detective only James Ellroy could love and gives... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Widows’ (★★★½)

Erik Anderson September 10, 2018

Steve McQueen’s twisty thriller finds room for a heist, family drama, racial politics and violence, and gender issues all led by a powerhouse performance from Viola... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Consequences’

Meghan White September 10, 2018

Looking back at childhood from the safe distance of adulthood, many of us find ourselves surprised to realize that our parents essentially had no idea... Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Capernaum’

Meghan White September 9, 2018

There is a moment in Nadine Labaki’s CAPERNAUM which perfectly encapsulates the profound conundrum it presents. Her face crumpled with premature age and agony, Saoud (Kawthar Al Haddad),... Read More