TIFF Review: Rosamund Pike is a standout in J Blakeson’s sharp and clever ‘I Care A Lot’
After the disappointment that was The 5th Wave, director J Blakeson makes his return to a smaller budget film that must rely more on its... Read More
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TIFF Review: The deeply earnest ‘Good Joe Bell’ is a story of self-redemption
Plot: The true story of an Oregon father, Joe Bell, who sets out on a walk across America in honor of his son. Review: Reinaldo... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Notturno’ doc highlights the aftermath of war told through the eyes of those who lived it
Plot: Filmed in several parts of the war-torn Middle East, NOTTURNO documents the aftermath of war through the eyes of civilians whose lives have been... Read More
TIFF Review: Sam Pollard’s riveting ‘MLK/FBI’ looks at Hoover’s attempt to destroy an American hero
In my June op-ed, about America’s growing moral dissonance systemically reinforced by the entertainment content we consume, I describe the normalization of the military industrial complex... Read More
A road paved with good intentions, GOOD JOE BELL begins as a story about the shared physical and emotional journey of Joe Bell and his... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘New Order’ is a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat experience
Plot: In one of Mexico’s richest neighborhoods, high-society guests flock to a lavish mansion to celebrate a wedding. But things soon take a tragic turn,... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘180 Degree Rule’ speaks for countless women whose only language is silence
Plot: Tehran, present day. A school teacher and a mother to a 5-year old daughter is preparing to attend a family wedding in northern Iran.... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Summer of 85’
The opening minutes of SUMMER OF 85 tells us exactly what it’s about. Filmmakers tend to play the Bury Your Gays trope for shock value,... Read More
Tell me now, how should I feel? One year ago in Venice, one film took the entire festival by storm. A film known only as... Read More
Trailer: Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman in Sony Classics’ ‘The Father’
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release Florian Zeller’s The Father in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 18, 2020, followed by most major... Read More
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Interview: Director Robert Eggers (‘Nosferatu’) on the Consequences of Temptation, Training Hundreds of Rats, and Playing with Vampire Lore