Blonde is haunting, repellent & heartbreaking all at once
Though Andrew Dominik’s sort-of-biopic is harsh & harrowing, you won’t forget Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, doomed from the very start.
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Deep Water is a murky and cold disappointment
Adrian Lyne makes his directorial comeback in this weird, barely erotic thriller about a wealthy couple whose sex games have possibly become too elaborate
A Quick Guide to the 2020 Oscar Nominations
Who should win, who will win, and who was left out.
The 50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
This year will play catch up with the strikes, try to revitalize or continue long-running franchises, and give directors and new and old the steam to keep filling theaters.
No Time to Die shakes up the Bond franchise but fails to stir
Even as it makes bold steps toward the future, Daniel Craig’s swan song as 007 feels like a frustrating hodgepodge of the films that came before it.
With “Wasp Network,” Olivier Assayas loses his sting
Olivier Assayas’ latest is a clunky thriller that resists cinematic convention to its detriment.
The Night Clerk Review: Voyeurism as Intimacy
Michael Cristofer’s first movie since 2001 is a low-key thriller that respects its characters, even if its setup isn’t too original.
The Top 25 Movies of 2019
From Ad Astra to Us, we celebrate the cream of the cinematic crop in 2019.
CIFF 10/23: “Wild Sparrow”, “And Then We Danced”, “Knives Out” & More
Our penultimate CIFF dispatch breaks down Rian Johnson’s star-studded caper Knives Out, the Georgian queer drama And Then We Danced…, and more.
“Sergio” Wants to Tell You About Its Hero, But What About Him?
Coming off his documentary work, Greg Barker presents his first scripted feature in a mishmash of undercooked storylines and characters.
CIFF 10/18: “The Truth”, “Clemency”, “The Twentieth Century”, “Tremors”
Today’s CIFF dispatch includes family drama The Truth, death-row issue film Clemency, Guatemalan queer drama Tremors, and the gonzo Twentieth Century.