AwardsWatch

‘The Inspection’ Review: Elegance Bratton’s personal exploration of perseverance is led by a transcendent Jeremy Pope [B] | Toronto

Daniel Bayer September 12, 2022

In 2005, while the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was still in effect, Ellis French (two-time Tony Award nominee Jeremy Pope in his first... Read More

‘My Policeman’ Review: Michael Grandage’s film adaptation is a mixed bag of conventional storytelling and compelling performances [B-] | Toronto

Mina Takla September 11, 2022

One of TIFF’s most anticipated premieres, My Policeman is a perhaps too by-the-numbers adaptation. What could have been an insightful look at living in a... Read More

‘The Menu’ review: Mark Mylod perfects his recipe of thrills, obsession, and passion [A] | Toronto

Kevin L. Lee September 11, 2022

Reviewing a film like The Menu is a hilariously ironic task, because with every word I write to this piece, I become more aware that... Read More

‘Godland’ review: Hlynur Pálmason’s latest is an intriguing and evocative look at Danish colonialism [B+] | Toronto

Mina Takla September 11, 2022

Godland is not a film for everyone. Inaccessible at times and undoubtedly not without traces of indulgence, this arthouse film rewards its patient viewers with... Read More

‘Emily’ review: Emma Mackey breathes life into Frances O’Connor’s passionate and incredibly fitting biopic of Emily Brontë [A-] | Toronto

Nicole Ackman September 11, 2022

In her editor’s note to the novel Wuthering Heights, Charlotte Brontë described the book as “moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath.”... Read More

2022 Venice Film Festival Awards: Doc ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ named Best Film, ‘Bones and All,’ Saint Omer,’ Banshees of Inisherin’ snag dual wins

Erik Anderson September 10, 2022

The awards for the 79th Venice Film Festival were handed out tonight and the theme of the night was doubling up. While Laura Poitras’ riveting... Read More

‘The Kiev Trial’ review: Sergei Loznitsa’s latest dip into the archives explores the banality of Nazi evil in Ukraine [B-] | Venice

Adam Solomons September 10, 2022

On Venice’s Lido island, documentarian Sergei Loznitsa was greeted like an exiled novelist, or an ex-political prisoner finally able to meet his adoring fans. Yet... Read More

‘Autobiography’ review: Makbul Mubarak’s debut feature is a harrowing tale of lust for power and deeply rooted corruption [A-] | Toronto

Mina Takla September 10, 2022

Rarely do debut features feel as confident as Makbul Mubarak’s Autobigraphy, an electrifying, bold and heartbreaking film that sends an urgent message about Indonesia’s decaying... Read More

‘Siccità’ review: Paolo Virzì’s Italian apocalyptic satire sinks its teeth into the pandemic, climate change but bites off more than it can chew [C] | Venice

Nick Ruhrkraut September 10, 2022

It’s immediately visible that Siccità, or Dry, is setting a grand stage for an incisive comment on the dire nature the world is in. After... Read More

‘The Blue Caftan’ review: A groundbreaking LGBTQ film of MENA cinema [A-] | TIFF

Mina Takla September 9, 2022

Maryam Touzani’s second feature breaks major ground for Arab cinema with a bold, absorbing and heartbreaking ode to love. For those familiar with Middle Eastern... Read More

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