Film Reviews
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island features emotionally intelligent filmmaking and a lovely central performance from Vicky Krieps.
As part of TIFF 2021, we took a look at The Power of the Dog, Benediction, After Blue, and Compartment No. 6.
Scarborough follows the lives of three families and expands on their struggles and triumphs as they navigate through adversity.
Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee uses animation as a form of therapy for both its central subject and the audience.
Titane spins elements of body horror and science-fiction into a beautiful tale of love and identity, grounded in true human emotion.
With The Humans, director Stephen Karam uses cinematic space and language to transform his play into one remarkable film.
As it is, Cry Macho is the type of story that Eastwood has both told and portrayed better in the past.
Just like the movie-within-a-movie style Hansen-Løve uses to tell the story, her latest film is a layered, intelligent work full of reflection about art, life, and relationships.
Kristy Strouse gives us her final report from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with her last four film reviews.
Ari Folman’s latest Where Is Anne Frank is a kaleidoscope of beautiful visuals and good intentions, even if some of them don’t exactly land.
Kristy Strouse shares her third report from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival with reviews for The Mad Women’s Ball, Out of Sync & I’m Your Man.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is one of the better film adaptations of a stage musical.
With Kristy Strouse’s next report she covers Silent Land, Encounter and Dug Dug!
Denis Villeneuve brings Frank Herbert’s Dune – the best-selling science fiction novel of all time – to the silver screen.
In the latest report from TIFF 2021, Wilson Kwong reviews the unique biopics films Spencer and The Eyes of Tammy Faye.