film reviews

Keira Knightley's Visceral Complexity Makes 'Black Doves' a Spy Classic
Created by Joe Barton
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2024
Keira Knightley knows her voice, the beasts unleashed and restrained by its pits and zeniths. This knowledge is nowhere more cunningly on...
'Get Away' Is a Bonkers Bloodbath
Directed by Steffen Haars
PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2024
Throughout horror history characters make mistakes and pay dearly for them, like traveling and staying on a remote island or rural areas...
'Play It Loud: How Toronto Got Soul' Traces the Roots of the Iconic Toronto Sound
Directed by Graeme Mathieson
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Collecting tales of the impact and influence Jamaican musicians have had on the Toronto music scene like Thanos collects Infinity Stones...
The Thrilling 'The Girl with the Needle' Jabs Holes in Expectations
Directed by Magnus von Horn
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Magnus von Horn's Palme d'Or-nominated 'The Girl with the Needle' is the darkly compelling tale of Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young...
'Gladiator II' Walks in the Same Sandals as the Original
Directed by Ridley Scott
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
I count myself among the defenders of Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon.' I respected the hell out of Scott's don't-give-a-fuck attitude — he made an...
'Flow' Ushers in the Next Wave of Animation
Directed by Gints Zibalodis
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2024
Northern Europe has been the spot for innovation in cinematic animation for some time. Estonia's Sander Joon delivered the dopest short...
'The Heirloom' Relishes the Agony of Art
Directed by Ben Petrie
PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2024
"We are not afraid of telling over and over again how a man comes to fall in love with a woman and be wedded by her, or else be fatally par...
Scorsese's 'Beatles '64' Doc Twists and Shouts, but Doesn't Dig Deep
Directed by David Tedeschi
PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2024
Beatles fans rejoice! 'Beatles '64' is a celebratory love letter to the fans who have adored the Fab Four for decades. Producer Martin...