AwardsWatch - Reviews

TIFF Review: The ambitious yet unfocused ‘Apples’

Mina Takla September 10, 2020

Plot: The world is hit by a pandemic – only it’s not the one we all know. Sudden amnesia is causing countless citizens to forget... Read More

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

Rubin Safaya September 10, 2020

Writer/director Nicole Riegel’s feature debut, Holler, expands upon her 2016 short of the same title. Originally a story of two young brothers making ends meet,... Read More

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

Savina Petkova September 9, 2020

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

Frameline Review: ‘Killing Patient Zero’

Jack King September 9, 2020

Gaëtan Dugas was a handsome French-Canadian flight attendant who, like most gay men in the seventies, dove headfirst into the pleasure-as-politics ethos of the burgeoning... Read More

TV Review: ‘Pen15’ season two shows the transformative power of friendship and tweens’ imagination

Reyzando Nawara September 8, 2020

There’s a brilliant visual gag in Hulu’s middle-school raunchy comedy PEN15. Co-creators and lead actors Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, both in their thirties, play... Read More

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

Savina Petkova September 7, 2020

The feature-film directorial debut of Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress Regina King will leave a significant mark in the history of the Venice Film Festival,... Read More

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

Michael Frank September 7, 2020

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

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

Savina Petkova September 7, 2020

For three years, since 2017, Italian director Luca Guadagnino has been working on a documentary dedicated to the life and work of shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo... Read More

Retrospective: ‘Almost Famous,’ still holding us closer 20 years later

Catherine Springer September 7, 2020

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 20 years since Almost Famous came out. A critical success but a commercial failure, it was nevertheless... Read More