grief

GOOD GRIEF: A Cathartic Examination Of The Human Experience
GOOD GRIEF: A Cathartic Examination Of The Human Experience

A multilayered depiction, Good Grief delivers on what its title promises and audiences will find they are richer in experience for it.

Queerly Ever After #50 LOVE SONGS (2007)
Queerly Ever After #50: LOVE SONGS (2007)

The Queerly Ever After column celebrates its 50th entry with Christophe Honoré’s 2007 film Love Songs (Les Chansons D’Amour).

"I Think Great Films Come Out Of Great Character And Great Story." Interview With Director Vaughn Stein Of EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
“I Think Great Films Come Out Of Great Character And Great Story.” Interview With Director Vaughn Stein Of EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

Film inquiry had the chance to speak with Vaughn Stein, the director of Every Breath You Take, a deep character study in disconnected yet shared grief.

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: A Cold Character Study
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: A Cold Character Study

While a bumpy ride to the end, it is an intriguing character study that examines grief and loneliness while infusing intensity and thrills.

BERLINALE 2021: ALBATROS (DRIFT AWAY)
BERLINALE 2021: ALBATROS (DRIFT AWAY)

Xavier Beauvois’ Albatros starts off as a low-key police procedural drama before transforming into a generic meditation on guilt and grief.

THE HAUNTING Series Examines Death From Two Positions
THE HAUNTING Series Examines Death From Two Positions

Because the two seasons are about two very different ideas of death, these horror elements had to be presented in starkly different fashions.

Page To Screen: THE GOLDFINCH Was A Perfect Adaption - That's Why It Failed
Page To Screen: THE GOLDFINCH Was A Perfect Adaption – That’s Why It Failed

The Goldfinch is not a secret masterpiece, but it is good, beautiful even, and is worthy of revisiting and re-evaluation.

MADE IN ITALY: Light and Breezy, But Predictable
MADE IN ITALY: Light and Breezy, But Predictable

Made in Italy is a fine film to cozy up to, as long as you can overlook the awkwardness and lack of narrative development it presents at times to audiences.

Anchored by Sigurdsson’s striking performance, A White, White Day explores the aftermath of a life and a marriage with an intensely introspective eye.
A WHITE, WHITE DAY: Grief Amid The Fog & Frost

Anchored by Sigurdsson’s striking performance, A White, White Day explores the aftermath of a life and a marriage with an intensely introspective eye.

Sundance 2020: Round Table Interview With Director & Cast Of THE NIGHT HOUSE
Sundance 2020: Round Table Interview With Director & Cast Of THE NIGHT HOUSE

We were able to speak with actors Rebecca Hall, Stacy Martin, and Evan Jonigkeit, and director David Bruckner from the film The Night House.

A NEW CHRISTMAS: A Little Christmas Surprise, Just For Us
A NEW CHRISTMAS: A Little Christmas Surprise, Just For Us

A New Christmas may not be the best thing to find under your tree, but it’s still a nice treat.

SO LONG, MY SON: At Three Hours, it Really is
SO LONG, MY SON: At Three Hours, It Really Is

There are plenty of reasons to recommend Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son, but the greatness is infuriatingly just out of grasp.

A Pig's Gotta Fly: Revisiting The Hero Of PORCO ROSSO
A Pig’s Gotta Fly: Revisiting The Hero Of PORCO ROSSO

Porco Rosso is a film beaming with silliness and warmth, while also being tied and grounded in a particular human timeframe like very few Miyazaki movies can boast to have.

TIFF 2019: WAVES Finds Hell, Healing & Humanity
TIFF 2019: WAVES Finds Hell, Healing & Humanity

Waves is an exquisitely crafted piece of art that solidifies Shults as a force to be reckoned with.

TIFF REVIEW: THE GOLDFINCH Fails Donna Tartt
TIFF 2019: THE GOLDFINCH Fails Donna Tartt

John Crowley’s adaptation of The Goldfinch lets down its source material and is, above it all, limp Oscar-bait.