Reviews

[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...

[VIFF Review] Bumrush

Not to be outdone by its New York City and Chicago counterparts, the Montreal gang wars of the past decade prove Canada isn’t the idyllic place of kindness ...

[VIFF Review] Top Floor, Left Wing

How do you turn a hostage situation concerning cocaine, eviction notices, and Algerian assassins into a stage for bureaucratic ineptitude and slum reform? A...