film reviews
'Next Goal Wins' Scores Crowd-Pleasing Cheers
Directed by Taika Waititi
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Taika Waititi returned to TIFF with the world premiere of his latest film, presenting it as a tonic to the typically heavy festival options...
'Perfect Days' Lingers on Life's Fleeting Moments of Beauty
Directed by Wim Wenders
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2023
Every day, Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) wakes up before the sun and prepares methodically for his job cleaning public toilets in Tokyo. Wim Wend...
'The Curse' Is Blessed with Nathan Fielder's Cringe-Comedy Magic
Created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023
Nathan Fielder is one of our grandest connoisseurs of cringe comedy. He uses the non-fiction form to push, prod and provoke others into sit...
'The Stones & Brian Jones' Finds a Fresh Perspective on a Familiar Tragedy
Directed by Nick Broomfield
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2023
How much art can we chalk up to shitty dads? Like so many from his generation, Brian Jones's parents — particularly his father, Lewis — jus...
boygenius and Timothée Chalamet Gave It Their All but Couldn't Save 'SNL' from Itself
November 11, 2023
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2023
In his second turn hosting, Timothée Chalamet was excitable but also a tad unfocused as a performer (the same could be said for this week's...
'The Marvels' Is Barely a Movie
Directed by Nia DaCosta
PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2023
To fully understand the 44th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film asks you to have done your homework. Aside from the first Cap...
Paul Giamatti Is a Delightful Payne in 'The Holdovers'
Directed by Alexander Payne
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2023
There was a lot of hype about The Holdovers coming out of the Venice Film Festival, especially for Paul Giamatti's performance as the curmu...
'Rustin' Takes Steps to Right a Historical Wrong
Directed by George C. Wolfe
PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2023
Among the list of civil rights leaders and activists from the '60s and '70s, Bayard Rustin's name is not one that comes up often. Practical...