Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Awards

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘True Things’ hurts, even though it doesn’t offer anything new

Director: Harry Wootliff. Writers: Harry Wootliff, Molly Davies. Stars: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires. Synopsis: A woman’s dreary life is forever changed after a risky sexual encounter. It would seem that it is a ritual...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Silent Night’ Is An Apocalyptic Horror Comedy That Misses the Mark

Director: Camille Griffin Writer: Camille Griffin Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Lily-Rose Depp Synopsis:  Family and friends gather at Christmas for the end of the world. Silent Night, the debut film from writer-director...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Good House’ Features a Dynamic Central Performance From Sigourney Weaver, But is Not Able to Escape Its Formulaic Trappings

Director: Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky Writers: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Thomas Bezucha, based on the novel by Ann Leary Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney Synopsis: An alcoholic New England realtor...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Guilty’ Proves That English Language Remakes Can Work

Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Nic Pizzolatto, Gustav Möller (original), Emil Nygaard (original) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard Synopsis: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives...

Movie Review (TIFF 21): ‘The Survivor’ Fails to Support Ben Foster’s Career-Best Transformative Performance

Director: Barry Levinson Writers: Justine Juel Gillmer Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnusson, Peter Sarsgaard, Vicky Krieps Synopsis:  The true story of boxer Harry Haft, World War II concentration camp survivor. When someone hears that actor Ben...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): Charming and Thoughtful ‘I’m Your Man’ Breaks New Ground for Rom-Coms

Director: Maria Schrader Writers: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg, Emma Braslavsky Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Evans Synopsis: A scientist agrees to participate in an experiment by living for three weeks with a robot who is created...

The Complexities of Understanding Your Past – Interview with ‘Comala’ Director Gian Cassini

In the Mexican documentary Comala, filmmaker Gian Cassini does a deep dive into his own past to investigate the life and death of a Tijuana hitman nicknamed ‘El Jimmy,’ a man who...

Movie Review (TIFF 21): Overlong ‘Benediction’ Wanders, But is Saved by Its Moving Screenplay and Central Performance

Director: Terence Davies Writer: Terence Davies Stars: Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Jeremy Irvine Synopsis:  The true story of British poet, soldier, and conscientious objector Siegfried Sassoon. While World War II has received the lion’s share of...

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