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[TIFF Review] Beats of the Antonov

Sudanese director Hajooj Kuka's documentary Beats of the Antonov is smartly constructed in a way that eases us into the political message and hope for peace lyi...

[Review] Alumbrones

Vibrant yet straight-forward, Alumbrones documents the condition Cuban artists of multiple generations face as they practice their work not within a vacuum, but...

[Review] A Walk Among the Tombstones

Indicated by the proliferation of his action-oriented films in the last half-decade, simply uttering the name Liam Neeson spurs the specific notion of a certain...

[Review] This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You is Franny and Zooey meets The Big Chill. Before one starts throwing accusations of hyperbole, hold on a second and let me explain. Jon...

[TIFF Review] Still Alice

What Still Alice posits on the most basic level about its title character’s decline is profoundly counterintuitive. Highly intelligent people, Alice’s doctor su...

[TIFF Review] From What Is Before

Depending on your attitude, the 5-hour, 38-minute length of Lav Diaz’s From What Is Before might represent a handicap in its favor, or a demerit. A certain stri...

[Review] Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case is a rare and intimate perspective on the artist and political figure. Directed by Andreas Johnsen, the documentary follows the globall...

[TIFF Review] Wild

There are at least two problems with the phrase “self-discovery”: a) the idea that discovering the self is a discrete act; b) the idea that the self is a discre...

[Review] The Frontier

Despite an opening suggesting we’re in for a meticulous modern Western, The Frontier, directed by Matt Rabinowitz, embodies the mood, atmosphere and longing fou...