‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minahan’s Unsexy Adaptation Rides On Svelte Torsos and Not Much Else | TIFF
While revisionist westerns aren’t exactly popular, they do important work in dispelling the myth of the Great American West. On Swift Horses, Daniel Minahan’s adaptation... Read More
Film Reviews
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: An Animated Triumph Destined to Become a Classic with an All-Time Voice Performance from Lupita Nyong’o | TIFF
Never underestimate the power of children’s books. It’s easy to dismiss them as something designed for a child at a stage where they’re learning how... Read More
‘Youth (Homecoming)’ Review: Wang Bing’s 10-Hour Doc Trilogy Disappoints in its Closing Workshop Saga | Venice
Wang Bing’s mammoth Youth documentary trilogy chronicles the lives of migrant workers in Zhili, China, garment sweatshops from 2014 to 2019. The films provide a... Read More
‘Mistress Dispeller’ Review: Provocative Doc Follows a Woman Investigating Her Husband’s Infidelity | TIFF
In 2000, less than one-tenth of Chinese men and women (mostly men) cheated on their spouse. Some experts have blamed the ballooning economy for the... Read More
‘To a Land Unknown’ Review: Mahdi Fleifel’s Unforgettable Feature Debut is a Rousing Reflection on Displacement | TIFF
In Mahdi Fleifel’s much-anticipated feature debut, following a number of widely acclaimed shorts, the refugee experience is depicted in ways very few films have succeeded... Read More
‘The Last Showgirl’ Review: Gia Coppola Gives Pamela Anderson the Role of a Lifetime in a Performance of Tenderness and Grace | TIFF
There is a scene towards the latter half of Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl that encapsulates the lonely, tender heart of the film. Shelley (Pamela... Read More
‘The Return’ Review: Uberto Pasolini Beautifully Reinterprets “The Odyssey” with the Reunion of Juliette Binoche and a Ripped Ralph Fiennes | TIFF
It’s quite a risk to take an epic poem and only adapt the non-mythical parts into a film. After all, this isn’t the nth take... Read More
‘Hard Truths’ Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste Sears the Screen in Mike Leigh’s Carefully Observed Mediation on Black Joy and Sadness | TIFF
Malcolm X once said the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected person is the black woman. One of the consequences of such a state is a... Read More
‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Pharrell Williams and an All-Star LEGO Lineup Tells a Life Story Too Neatly Clicked in Place | TIFF
The first question I, like many other people, thought about Piece By Piece was “Why is it in LEGO?” It turns out, via the opening... Read More
‘Perfumed with Mint’ Review: From Egypt’s Arab Spring Muhammed Hamdy’s Striking Debut of a Wounded Generation Was Born | TIFF
In 2011, Egyptians dreamt of change, social justice and an end to decades-long corruption. The January 25th revolution, led primarily by the younger generation was... Read More
‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Review: It’s Big Bucks, All Whammies in Failed Follow Up to One of TV’s Best First Seasons [C-] 
2024 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
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