In Pain and Glory, Almodovar brings together fiction and biography to create a knotty self-portrait. Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory directed by Pedro …
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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.
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. Orla Smith reviews Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, one …
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TIFF19 review: Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi explores the messiness of modern African identity.
With lurid color, wild plot turns, and a thumping, party-ready soundtrack, Abba Makama's The Lost Okoroshi weaves a compelling narrative around what could be a …
TIFF19 review: In Made In Bangladesh , the women who make your clothes call for justice
Neither hopeless nor sugar-coated, Rubaiyat Hossain's Made in Bangladesh is a compelling drama about the difficulties of attaining justice. Made in Bangladesh …
TIFF19 review: Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, a perfect introduction to a legend’s activist cinema
Alanis Obomsawin caps off a cycle of five films, seven years in the making, about Indigenous children’s rights in Canada with Jordan River Anderson, The …
TIFF19 review: White Lie is a chilling, meticulous study of duplicity
Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of a dicey premise in White Lie, one of the best acquisition titles screening at TIFF19. Still from TIFF …
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