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Film Reviews

Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.

Brett Pardy / January 4, 2020

The search for strange: Werner Herzog re-examines Bruce Chatwin’s travels in Nomad

20 years after travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s death, Herzog’s new film Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin serves as both a celebration of Chatwin’s curiosity and a retrospective of Herzog’s own explorations.

Brett Pardy / December 20, 2019

63 Up is a moving new installment in Michael Apted’s series

Michael Apted’s latest addition his ‘Up’ series, 63 Up, catches up with the participants he’s been following since they were seven, in one of the most moving installments of the series to date.

Making Waves

Alex Heeney / November 13, 2019

Making Waves will open your ears to the magic of sound design

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound is a fascinating introduction to the history of sound design in film.

B. P. Flanagan / October 24, 2019

Pain and Glory is a knotty self-portrait

In Pain and Glory, Almodovar brings together fiction and biography to create a knotty self-portrait.

Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach

Orla Smith / September 28, 2019

TIFF19 review: Marriage Story is like Blue Valentine with levity

Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, a deftly written divorce drama, was one of the best films at TIFF19.

B. P. Flanagan / September 14, 2019

TIFF19 review: Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi explores modern African identity.

Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi weaves a compelling narrative around what could be a tired trope

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