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[TIFF Review] Deepwater Horizon

The 2010 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico was a disaster beyond belief, not only causing the deaths of workers, but ecologically setting our planet back ...

[TIFF Review] The Woman Who Left

Lav Diaz’s Golden Lion winner from this year's Venice Film Festival feels like something of a surprise because, for all its extended shots, luminous black-and-w...

[TIFF Review] ’76

It appears my first foray into Nollywood (Nigerian cinema) was well selected being the latest from director Izu Ojukwu, one of the nation's most ambitious artis...

[Review] The Vessel

Directors of a certain auteurist stripe serving as producers for up-and-comers and protégés can be a mixed blessing. On the one hand, they may over-exert their ...

[Venice Review] The Road to Mandalay

We’ve lamented the qualitative drop of Chinese cinema around this time last year, as Hu Guan’s glossy generational drama Mr. Six closed the Venice Film Festival...

[Review] Kicks

The film industry is still a long way from racial equity, but the last few years have seen strides to bring the young black experience to the screen in films li...