‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s feature debut is a radical, unsettling, and fascinating look at motherhood [A-] | Toronto
There are films that linger with you after the lights go back on. You keep thinking about them, their characters never leaving your thoughts, as... Read More
Film Reviews
‘EO’ review: Jerzy Skolimowski’s film is a poetic, contemplative and heartbreaking account of human cruelty [A-] | Toronto
Certainly one of the year’s standout films, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO is almost silent but says quite a lot about humanity, or lack thereof, showing us... Read More
‘Sanctuary’ review: Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley sizzle in a twisty, sexy romance that slaps [B+] | Toronto
BDSM has gotten a bad rap on film. Often presented as something indicative of a broken psyche or deviant behavior, the closest we’ve gotten to... Read More
‘Devotion’ review: A sometimes generic buddy war flick elevated by a moving true story at its heart [B-] | Toronto
It’s hard to deny the impact and popularity of a buddy war movie, especially after the unstoppable success that Top Gun: Maverick saw. Devotion, directed... Read More
‘The Woman King’ review: Viola Davis leads a Black female blockbuster film that will excite and awe audiences [B+] | Toronto
Most epic films with elaborately choreographed battle scenes and rousing crowd-pleasing moments are overwhelmingly male-dominated. From Spartacus to Braveheart, they employ men both in front... Read More
‘The Worst Ones’ review: Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka’s blurred reality drama is one of the most touching and illuminating films of the year [A-] | Toronto
To create cinema, to tell a story, to perform in a film…these are all seemingly enjoyable yet inherently painful and arduous, simply because as a... Read More
‘Moving On’ review: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin reliably anchor a comedy without a clear direction [B-] | Toronto
Can two actresses who have spent seven years portraying best friends in a popular TV show succeed at playing completely different characters in a movie... Read More
‘Pearl’ review: Mia Goth and Ti West deconstruct old Hollywood and take us on a Technicolor trip through a twisted mind [B+] | Toronto
As a full orchestra plays a sweeping Old Hollywood-style melody, a young girl cheerfully goes about her chores on a farm. She feeds the animals,... Read More
‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ review: Good intentions barely keep the lukewarm suds afloat [C] | Toronto
Don’t say you’ve seen it all with movies based on true stories. Many of them are brilliant. Some can be unbelievable. But few are as... Read More
‘Wendell & Wild’ review: Henry Selick’s newest is a charming, bold and mostly satisfying film about wrestling with one’s demons [B] | Toronto
Following a string of acclaimed stop-motion animated features that have cemented him as one of the most exciting voices in the enchanting world of animation,... Read More
2024 Portland Critics Association (PCA) Nominations 
29th Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ Shōgun,’ ‘Ripley’ Among Nominees 
2024 Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Winners 
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominations: Edward Berger, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard Lead All-Male Lineup, Blockbuster Directors Miss Out