Tagged TIFF

September 8, 2019 8:30 pm

At the risk of putting too fine a point on it, Ansel Elgort cannot really act. In most of his work, that doesn’t matter much; he’s a perfectly adequate Unthreateningly Handsome Teen in something like “Divergent...

‘1982’: Modest Strengths & Human Resonance Still Feels Half Finished [TIFF Review]

Andrew Bundy

September 8, 2019 6:15 pm

Remember when the time between class called recess was all that mattered in your life? A school play yard is a place where two different worlds can simultaneously co-exist. Teachers and students may inhabit the...

Julie Delpy writes, directs, and stars in the suspense drama ‘My Zoe.’

‘My Zoe’: An Exciting New Direction For Writer/Director/Star Julie Delpy [TIFF Review]

September 8, 2019 2:19 pm

It’s no coincidence that so many of the best horror movies—“The Exorcist,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Babadook”—focus on parents because there is nothing more terrifying than being one. An early scene in Julie Del...

Charlie Hunnam and Jack O’Connel offer standout performances in Max Winkler’s ‘Jungleland.’

‘Jungleland’: Max Winkler’s Road Movie Is Well-Acted But Very Frustrating [TIFF Review]

September 8, 2019 11:42 am

Max Winkler’s “Jungleland” is a confidently crafted, well-acted three-hander, and your enjoyment of it will depend entirely on how many times you can watch its protagonists fuck up. They’re roughneck guys, perp...

Eva Green heads to Mars in Alice Winocour’s ‘Proxima.’

‘Proxima’: Eva Green’s Somber Space Drama Never Quite Achieves Liftoff [TIFF Review]

Ella Kemp

September 8, 2019 11:28 am

The first animal to orbit the Earth was a Russian mongrel named Laika. She was born in 1954 and passed away a few hours after going to space, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. No one knew how an animal w...

Eddie Murphy Does Right By Rudy Ray Moore in ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ [TIFF Review]

September 8, 2019 9:03 am

Rudy Ray Moore (as I hope you all know) was a legendary figure in the worlds of regional comedy and cult movie-dom, a filthy stand-up comic who turned his “Dolemite” character into an unlikely blaxpoitation act...

‘Knives Out’: Rian Johnson Crafts A Terrific, Ingenious Whodunnit About American Rot [TIFF Review]

Charles Bramesco

September 8, 2019 8:28 am

The first ten-or-so minutes of Rian Johnson’s ingenious new whodunit “Knives Out” get right down to business. Johnson’s script briskly and efficiently introduces the major players in a murder investigation most...

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood Tom Hanks

‘A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood’: This Is No Safe Mister Rogers Biopic & Tom Hanks Is Transformative [TIFF Review]

Ella Kemp

September 8, 2019 8:02 am

There’s a moment in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” where Lloyd Vogel, the fictional counterpart of one Tom Junod played by Matthew Rhys, addresses an audience of fellow journalists and admits to them tha...

‘And The Birds Rained Down’: A Deliberate Character Study That Flies High [TIFF Review]

Warren Cantrell

September 8, 2019 7:33 am