Any indie film producer can find themselves in the eye of a culture-war storm — but Daniel Bekerman got blown off course by the most powerful man on Earth. The […]
‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Daniel Craig Returns but Josh O’Connor Steals the Spotlight in Rian Johnson’s Overworked Threequel
Imagine a literary mash-up of G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown amateur detective stories and John Dickson Carr’s locked-room mystery The Hollow Man, together with what appears to be a sly takedown […]
‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst Are a Charmingly Doomed Couple in Dark Rom-Com
The saddest romantic comedy ever, or maybe the most lighthearted tragedy in years, Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” is a film that perfectly embodies the description of its lead character delivered by […]
‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera Are Affecting as Modest Heroes in Paul Greengrass’ Visceral Real-Life Wildfire Thriller
Few if any filmmakers can build and breathlessly sustain visceral intensity with the command of Paul Greengrass, who brings documentary realism, kinetic energy and heart-pumping adrenaline to stories drawn from […]
Toronto: A Desperate Mother, Indigenous Tradition and 3,000 Guests Spell Chaos in ‘A Sami Wedding’ Trailer (Exclusive)
What happens when you mix reindeer herders, family secrets, and a 3,000-person wedding that needs to be planned in a month? You get A Sami Wedding, the new Norwegian dramedy […]
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is a Monster Made in Canada
As Guillermo del Toro earned another Oscar for his 2018 sci-fi romance The Shape of Water shot in Ontario, J. Miles Dale, the film’s producer, proudly said of most key creative positions, […]
‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Paul Greengrass Turns Up the Heat in Visceral Wildfire Story
It turns out that Kathryn Bigelow isn’t the only director who has surfaced at this year’s fall festivals to prove just how adept they are at muscular, adrenalized filmmaking. Three […]
‘Christy’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Throws a Convincing Enough Punch, but David Michôd’s Boxing Movie Never Transcends Bio-Drama Formula
Starting with his breakthrough feature, the simmering Australian crime family saga Animal Kingdom, David Michôd has leaned frequently into dark material. There’s grit but also lugubriousness in Christy, an inspirational […]
‘The Man in My Basement’ Review: Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe Star in a Walter Mosley Adaptation That Compels but Doesn’t Convince
Heavy hang the themes permeating Nadia Latif’s adaptation of Walter Mosley’s 2004 novel. Unlike the crime fiction that has proven so popular for the author, The Man in the Basement, […]
Ben Proudfoot’s Obamas-Backed ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ to Open Toronto Fest Doc Program
Oscar-winning director ’s The Eyes of Ghana, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, is set to open the Toronto Film Festival’s Doc sidebar, organizers said Wednesday. Nova Scotia-raised and […]