‘Joker’ wins Best Film at 2019 Venice International Film Festival Awards

September 7, 2019

Venice International Film Festival president Paolo Baratta presents director Todd Phillips and actor Joaquin Phoenix the Golden Lion for Best… Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Certified Mail’ is a risky debut with a career-best performance from Egyptian star Basma

September 6, 2019

Courtesy of TIFF Hisham Saqr’s debut may not be narratively exciting but it marks an assured debut by a new… Read More

Toronto Review: ‘Just Mercy’ is a superbly crafted drama with a standout performance by Jamie Foxx

September 6, 2019

Courtesy of TIFF Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx shine in the true story of a man wrongfully imprisoned and… Read More

Toronto Review: ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ is unremarkable despite strong performances by Patel and Swinton

September 6, 2019

Courtesy of TIFF Armando Iannucci’s period piece is a charming yet incoherent film that hold commercial potential but lacks artistic… Read More

Toronto Review: the inventive and touching ‘La Llorona’

September 5, 2019

Courtesy of TIFF Jayro Bustamante’s atmospheric film is a unique, inventive look at dictatorship and racism in war-torn Guatemala In… Read More

42nd Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup: ‘Waves,’ ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Just Mercy’ plus spotlights on Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and more

September 5, 2019

Highlights include JUST MERCY, THE IRISHMAN, HARRIET, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, PARASITE, WAVES, FORD v FERRARI, JOJO RABBIT, THE LIGHTHOUSE, HONEY BOY,… Read More

Toronto Review: Scott Z. Burns’ ‘The Report’ is an an essential celebration of the pursuit of truth

September 5, 2019

Scott Z. Burns’ film is an engrossing, gripping look at one of the most crucial and eye-opening reports in US… Read More

Toronto Review: ‘You Will Die at Twenty’ is a stunning and sophisticated debut

September 5, 2019

Courtesy of TIFF Amjad Abu Alala creates one of the best, if not the best, Middle Eastern film of the… Read More

Box Office Preview and Predictions (Sep 6-8) – ‘IT: Chapter Two’ aims to float to another record opening

September 5, 2019

(L-r) JAMES McAVOY as Bill Denbrough, JAMES RANSONE as Eddie Kaspbrak, JESSICA CHASTAIN as Beverly Marsh, BILL HADER as Richie… Read More

Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride, mid-Venice, pre-TIFF set your sights on Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver and ‘Parasite’

September 4, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY (Courtesy of Netflix) With Telluride just finishing, Venice still underway, and Toronto starting tomorrow, we are smack in… Read More

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