Everyone involved with the dreadfully unfunny comedy The Comedian is better than this. It’s the rare kind of spectacular failure where everyone involved with the film should have realized that …
There’s some great acting on display in South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz’s courtroom drama Shepherds and Butchers, but little in the way of novelty, originality, or subtext. It’s far from …
As unique and singular of a vision as one is likely to see all year, writer, producer, editor, and director Anna Biller’s The Love Witch (which made huge critical waves …
Jackie Chan has appeared in over a hundred films throughout his legendary career. Not all of them are good, but the baffling and dull Kung-Fu Yoga is one of the …
While most TIFF retrospectives focus on filmmakers, award winning Italian actress Anna Magnani, once referred to by Bette Davis as the greatest to ever live, has an impressive body of …
The Red Turtle looks and feels like a landmark achievement in animation, and following it’s Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature earlier this week it has been framed as such. …
With only a passing glance, the now Oscar nominated German film Toni Erdmann comes across like a daunting work to approach. The Best Foreign Film contender runs nearly three hours …
For his latest documentary, The Skyjacker’s Tale, Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner takes a brisk, well researched look at a fascinating, multilayered bit of true crime lore. Not only does Kastner …
Return of Xander Cage isn’t a great film, but it’s one that has learned good lessons from past mistakes. More Mission: Impossible and less James Bond 2.0, this third entry …
There’s a long list of ways in which M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Split, could have gone horribly wrong, but thanks to outstanding work by James McAvoy and a script …