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
Reviews
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
TV Recap: ‘Succession’ Season Two Episode Seven – “Return”
Now that the Pierce deal is dead, the Roys are left scrambling to save their company at any cost. Logan and the family spend most... 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
TV Recap: ‘Succession’ Season Two Episode Six – “Argestes”
There certainly was a ton of dominoes to drop during tonight’s episode of Succession, here are the top 5 takeaways from tonight’s episode. 5. Everyone’s... 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
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November) 
Interview: John Lithgow on ‘Conclave’ Being a Career Highlight, Oscar Buzz and Comparing Director Edward Berger to David Lean [VIDEO]