TIFF Review: In ‘Penguin Bloom,’ Naomi Watts can’t save a Hallmark card exhibition of resilience and rebirth
“Everything was perfect,” says young Noah Bloom (Griffin Murray-Johnston), as he recollects his family’s Thailand vacation in Penguin Bloom. Then, it was not. Noah’s mother... Read More
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Film Review: Tom Holland is far from home in ‘The Devil All the Time’
The Southern Gothic is as American as the second amendment. Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood,” the tale of a cynical preacher searching for redemption in his... Read More
Frameline Review: ‘No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei)’
“The future is ours” says Banafshe, an Iranian woman in Germany on the verge of deportation, towards the end of No Hard Feelings (Futur Drei).... Read More
TIFF Review: Byrned Bridges in ‘American Utopia’
“My Name is David Byrne. I can’t take credit for that. I had no choice in the matter.” The Randy Newman of New Wave Dadaism,... Read More
TIFF Review: World War II era ‘Tove’ paints a picture of love and loss
We rarely recognize the most formative moments in our lives at the time of their occurrence. Seeking cover during an air raid during the second... Read More
TIFF Review: With a mesmerizing performance by Laetitia Dosch, ‘Simple Passion’ is anything but
Plot: A single mother falls in love with a younger man who enters her life as abruptly as he exits it. An examination of the... Read More
TIFF Review: Engrossing, ‘The Ties’ that bind examine a marriage in crisis
Plot: In the 1980s, a popular radio presenter and storyteller suddenly grows indifferent to his marriage life. A series of betrayals open doors for a... Read More
TIFF Review: The ambitious yet unfocused ‘Apples’
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
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’
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
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