Review: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ is dark, gritty and fearless; Phoenix is mesmerizing
First things first, put aside all your comic book hero expectations. DC’s Joker is one of the most famous icons, villains of all time. We’ve... Read More
Film Reviews
Review: In ‘The Irishman,’ Scorsese’s mobsters age, facing their own mortality
Legends reunite in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling gangster epic featuring a rousing performance by Al Pacino and a scene-stealing Joe Pesci playing against type An epic... Read More
LFF Review: Alfre Woodard is mesmerizing in ‘Clemency’
A stark, sombre drama with barely a second’s worth of levity, Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is heavy, punishing stuff. It courts the kind of emotional extremes... Read More
Review: ‘Ad Astra’ is a profound examination of the question of one’s own existence
Brad Pitt Ventures into Space in James Gray’s Beautifully Intimate Astronaut Drama Ad Astra is a strange case of a film. By all accounts, this... Read More
Review: The outrageously funny ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ is a career comeback showcase for Eddie Murphy
Four of the last ten Best Picture Oscar winners have been about artists, performers or Hollywood in some shape or form. Artists love to bask... Read More
LFF Review: The fascinating, abstract ‘Monos’ marvels as much as it confounds
There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters take a combative stance against the earth that gave... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘Noura’s Dream’
Hinde Boujemaa’s debut feature is an interesting exploration of women’s rights in modern-day Tunisia Making her first feature film after several shorts, Hinde Boujemaa’s NOURA’S... Read More
Toronto Review: ‘The Laundromat’ is a washout
Steven Soderbergh’s latest is an aimless, flat tale despite a timely premise A timey, topical film isn’t necessarily a good one, especially if it doesn’t... Read More
Toronto Review: Carice van Houten is stunning in the provocative Oscar contender ‘Instinct’
Halina Reijn’s debut feature is an explosive and subversive tale for the #Metoo era In her feature debut, which will represent the Netherlands in this... Read More
Toronto Review: Coming-of-age during wartime love story ‘1982’ is well-intentioned but doesn’t quite gel
Oualid Mouaness’ debut feature is an uneven story about love in the middle of war Making his feature debut after a successful career in directing... Read More
With ‘Song Sung Blue,’ Craig Brewer Pays Tribute to Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, Joy Amongst Sadness, and the Creation of Art [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 131 – ‘High Life’ (Claire Denis, 2019) 
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead 
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations