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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.
‘Girls can do anything boys can do’: making The Eagle Huntress
Director Otto Bell, Aisholpan, the eponymous Eagle Huntress, and her father discuss the making of The Eagle Huntress and what makes Aisholpan so impressive.
Ava DuVernay’s 13th is an innovative spin on the talking head doc
Employing key but subtle twists on the convention talking head documentary, Ava DuVernay’s 13th explains how slavery in the U.S. was never really abolished without ever resorting to preaching.
Andrew Neel’s Goat lacks psychological insight
Andrew Neel’s Goat is an excellent showcase for up-and-coming star Ben Schnetzer, whose strong performance hints at the better film it could have been had Neel been less focussed on brutality and more focussed on psychological insight.
Una is a psychologically complex screen adaptation of Blackbird
Renowned theatre director Benedict Andrews makes a remarkable feature debut with Una, a screen adaptation of David Harrower’s award-winning play Blackbird. Get our two-part interview with Benedict Andrews. Listen to our podcast on films depicting childhood sexual assault, including Una and Slalom.
Best of TIFF16: Fien Troch’s Home
In Home, teachers and authority figures don’t skip a beat before upbraiding the teenagers in their charge, but writer-director Fien Troch asks us to empathize first and judge second.