The Creator Review: Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Spectacle Has Scale But Fails at Sentimentality
If you need an example of a movie that doesn’t earn the portentous use of chapter titles and an “Everything In Its Right Place” needle-drop...
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The Human Surge 3 Review: Eduardo Williams Pushes the Edges of What Cinema Can Achieve
In an interview with the Metrograph Journal, Eduardo Williams remembers the first time he ventured into a jungle. Rumor had it the forest t...
San Sebastian Review: Cristi Puiu’s MMXX is a Provocative, Frustratingly Opaque View of the COVID Era
Clearly the COVID-19 scenario's been on Cristi Puiu's mind. After all, the Romanian director loudly voiced his opposition to mask mandates ...
San Sebastian Review: Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitano is a Mesmerizing, Urgent Migrant Tale
Matteo Garrone’s talent for weaving stories out of the fabric of real events––especially those involving desperate or violent people––gets ...
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TIFF Review: Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero is an Energetic Celebration of a New, Controversial Star
As far as the music documentary is an extension of a brand experience, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero provides an illuminating look behind the scenes, demystifyi...
TIFF Review: Lee Tamahori’s The Convert Stumbles Between Action and Drama
Since his breakthrough 1994 feature Once Were Warriors, a troubling and fiery coming-of-age story indie set in New Zealand’s Maōri community, Lee Tamahori has ...
TIFF Review: Isiah Medina’s He Thought He Died is an Illusory Exploration of Art and Commerce
During the TIFF screening of Isiah Medina’s He Thought He Died, which was preceded by Blake Williams’ 3D short Laberint Sequences, nearly half the theater clea...
TIFF Review: Riddle of Fire is an Uneven But Skillfully Made Children’s Fantasy Adventure
Films with child protagonists present a unique tonal challenge. If overly saccharine whimsy can alienate an adult audience, having precocious kids delivering m...
TIFF Review: Achilles is an Engrossing, Courageous Act of Rebellion Against an Authoritarian Regime
From its opening moments, an Orwelleian gloom envelopes Iranian director Farhad Delaram’s debut feature Achilles. The prying forces of an authoritarian governm...
TIFF Review: Woodland is a Restrained, Visually Stunning PTSD Drama
Right from its opening moments, Austrian director Elisabeth Scharang’s Woodland is visually arresting, commanding one's attention. Which is fortunate as the fi...
TIFF Review: The Critic is an Improbable, Grim Farce Enlivened by Ian McKellen
Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve has ably demonstrated that a catty feud between theater critics and actresses is crackling subject matter for witty, adult...
TIFF Review: Defiant Puts a Spotlight on the Battle for Ukraine
For much of Karim Amer's reliably efficient documentary Defiant we follow Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion in...
NYFF Review: Frederick Wiseman Indulges with Restaurant Doc Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros
The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benifits of...
New to Streaming: Bottoms, Cassandro, Sanctuary, Padre Pio & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...