Our Little Sister is a quiet, sweet, and heartbreaking film about three grown, co-habitating sisters, who meet their younger fourteen-year-old sister after their absent father dies, and decide to take her in as one of their own.
Cannes Film Festival
‘Foxcatcher’ wrestles with entitlement and male bonding
John du Pont (Steve Carrell with a prosthetic nose) was supposed to ride horses, a regal sport for a regal family — America’s richest dynasty. But he defied his overbearing mother’s (Vanessa Redgrave) wishes, declaring, “horses are stupid!” When we first hear this in Bennett Miller’s new film “Foxcatcher,” it’s not a seven-year-old du Pont […]
Force Majeure: Ruben Östlund finds the comedy in marital strife
In Force Majeure, an avalanche is a catalyst for the hilarious breakdown of a marriage. Östlund pushes all the events just to the edge of absurdity, to find the comedy in an uncomfortable situation.
Top 10 Reasons TIFF is better than Cannes and Sundance
This year marks my 12th time attending the Toronto International Film Festival, meaning I’ve been coming here for nearly half my life. After making the rounds on the film festival circuit this year – first at Sundance, then at Cannes – I’m still a firm believer that TIFF is the best film festival of them […]
Reviews: The Rover and El Ardor — On the fringes of society, you have to kill to survive
Two wonderfully atmospheric films screening Out of Competition at Cannes this year, The Rover from Australia and El Ardor from Argentina, take a look at the savagery that happens on the fringes of society.
Cannes Review: The Captive is captivatingly tense but shallow
The best thing about The Captive, Atom Egoyan’s entry in this year’s Official Competition at Cannes, is the way it doles out information slowly. Egoyan frames each shot so precisely so that we’re always aware of what we’re not seeing, creating suspense as things are revealed. We open on an icy, tall man, Mika (Kevin […]