Transmissions from TIFF v2: The Zone of Interest, Woman of the Hour, The Holdovers, Seven Veils
Our latest set of reviews from TIFF include new films from Jonathan Glazer, Anna Kendrick, Alexander Payne, and Atom Egoyan
Category: Film
Transmissions from TIFF 2023: The Boy and The Heron, North Star, Do Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World, and The Dead Don’t Hurt
In our first set of reviews from this years Toronto International Film Festival, we look at the latest from Hayao Miyazaki, Radu Jude, Viggo Mortensen, and the directorial debut of Kristen Scott Thomas
OPPENHEIMER changes the definition of a Nolan film
Christopher Nolan has made some of my favorite movies of all time. But every filmmaker has weaknesses, and over the years Nolan’s have crystallized.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, a victim of its own success
The new espionage spectacle from Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie largely brings the thrills you’re looking for, but trouble is on the horizon
THE FLASH, a surprisingly strong adventure in the DC canon
Despite the chaos surrounding its production, The Flash is, miraculously, a pretty fun adventure that’s worth seeing
PAST LIVES is a unique spin on a universal question
Past Lives, a feature debut for writer/director Celine Song, opens with a simple premise. The camera focuses on a trio, a woman sitting in the middle of two men. Off-camera, voices try to puzzle out their connections: is this a couple and a friend? Siblings and a couple? Are any of the three romantically entangled at all? It’s a hard one, they muse.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, the rare Marvel movie I could watch again
While it gets a little unwieldy in its backend, Across the Spider-Verse is the rare resonant superhero movie and is a must-see
BEAU IS AFRAID is horror in disguise
Since hearing director Ari Aster describe his film Beau is Afraid as a “Jewish Lord of the Rings but he’s just going to his mom’s house,” my curiosity has been high.
CREED 3 is fine, just…fine
Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut flirts with greatness, but pulls its punches one too many times.
KNOCK AT THE CABIN is remarkably solid, if minor, Shyamalan
The latest from the once heralded filmmaker is his most effective film since The Village
You already know if you like M3GAN
Chances are, you already know about M3GAN.
SEFCA announces its 2022 winners, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE takes the top prize
Another critics group, another big prize for EEAO
AFCC selects Everything Everywhere All at Once as 2022’s film of the year
This year’s big winners include Eveything Everywhere All at Once, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick, and Banshees of Inisherin.
With TÁR, Todd Field masterfully examines the corrupting nature of power
Todd Field makes his long awaited return to the big screen with the exceptional TÁR, which examines power and our cultural response to it
DO REVENGE is brutally charming
DO REVENGE is MEAN GIRLS meets STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, and it is somehow even better than that description implies.