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[Review] The Maze Runner

The low, grumbling whine of the elevator creaking to life is the first sound to permeate the darkness that begins The Maze Runner. When Thomas wakes up, he’s in...

[Review] 20,000 Days on Earth

I must have been nineteen or twenty when I was first introduced to Nick Cave's music. As a college kid trying to broaden my horizons cinematically with "classic...

[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...