Ammonite | TIFF 2020 Review
A subtle, yet intensely passionate period love story, Ammonite is the type of film that can tell more with images and glances than most epic novels could manage with thousands of words
Another Round | TIFF 2020 Review
Although hampered somewhat by the inherent predictability of its premise, Another Round is another solid effort from esteemed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg.
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel | TIFF 2020 Review
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel is a good example of a film that’s both vital and messy in equal measure.
I Am Greta | TIFF 2020 Review
Director Nathan Grossman follows the year-long rise of the most outspoken young activist in the world today with his first documentary feature, I Am Greta.
The Water Man | TIFF 2020 Review
With his feature directorial debut, the Spielbergian family adventure and drama The Water Man, actor David Oyelowo shows that he might have a true knack for big budget blockbuster filmmaking.
The Truffle Hunters | TIFF 2020 Review
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s observational and enlightening documentary The Truffle Hunters has a lot more on its mind than culinary delicacies.
The Best is Yet to Come | TIFF 2020 Review
The Best is Yet to Come, the feature directorial debut of longtime Jia Zhang-ke collaborator and first-assistant director Wang Jing, is both a social issue picture based on a true story and a loving throwback to American made films about journalism from the 1970s and 80s.
Fauna | TIFF 2020 Review
Fauna, the ninth (and in some ways, most straightforward) film from Mexican-Canadian writer-director Nicolás Pereda, is a keenly perceptive, metafictional look at the impact “true to life” popular culture has on everyday society.
City Hall | TIFF 2020 Review
For his latest epic, observational look at a complex system and the roots branching out from them, City Hall, esteemed documentarian Frederick Wiseman turns his unwavering eye to the legislature of Boston, Massachusetts with unexpectedly thrilling and moving results.
Good Joe Bell | TIFF 2020 Review
A lazily reductive and somewhat insulting bit of performative activism writ large, the anti-bullying drama Good Joe Bell is trying too desperately to be “Green Book for gay people.”