Reviews

[VIFF Review] Like Crazy

How much is one summer of euphoric love worth? To Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones) - the world. Courted through a shy, sweet process of stole...

[NYFF Review] My Week with Marilyn

Michelle Williams is so good as the title character in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn that watching the film is like watching Some Like it Hot for the f...

[VIFF Review] Take This Waltz

Films dealing with break-ups have the trouble of easily falling into two camps. Either the work is genuine and emotionally devastating like a Blue Valentine...

[VIFF Review] Sigur Ros’ ‘Inni’

If you go into Inni thinking you’ll receive Heima Part 2, you either be sadly disappointed or extremely grateful because it is anything but. Rather than sho...

[Review] The Ides of March

Warning: This review contains spoilers. If one wants a low-key thriller, seek out The Ides of March. If someone's looking for an engaging behind-the-scen...

[NYFF Review] The Kid With a Bike

The Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc) are known for a very particular brand of cinema. After a collaborating on a number of documentaries, the Dardennes s...

[VIFF Review] The Sword Identity

With his screenplay for The Grandmasters coming to the big screen next year by Wong Kar Wai, writer/director Haofeng Xu gives us the first taste of his crea...

[Review] The Way

When you decide to fit in an almost two and a half hour film about a man hiking an 800 kilometer trail through Spain at the 2010 Toronto International Film ...

[NYFF Review] Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

You can find Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory at the rarefied juncture where reality and art meet, with each pulling the other to form something greater than simp...

[Review] Real Steel

Director Shawn Levy has delivered some of the more cringe-worthy kids films in recent memory. In past Levy films, one can witness artificial hearts, a prono...