Adolescence is painful and should not be missed
Netflix’s family/crime drama is a brutal and deeply engaging masterpiece about social media, family, trauma, and teen life.
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Joy
Joy is a perfectly adequate film. Handsomely, if conventionally, shot under the direction of Ben Taylor, the film centers its point of view on nurse Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie). The script, written by the husband-and-wife team of Jack Thorne and Rachel Mason from a story by Emma Gordon and Shaun Topp, is deliberate and methodical. … Joy
Perhaps now is the best time for Joy
The period drama benefits from arriving during a very difficult time for reproductive rights.
Millie Bobby Brown carries the shaggy “Enola Holmes” on her shoulders
Netflix’s latest is a whimsical re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes buoyed only by Brown’s charming performance.
“Dirt Music” proves a poor attempt at a love story
Tim Winton’s novel gets the film treatment in Gregor Jordan’s seventh feature, exploring an underdeveloped love triangle to frustrating results.
In “The Eddy,” beautiful melodies tell terrible things
Netflix’s new music drama has enough style and strong performances to overcome its padding in this eight-episode season.
Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts”
The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.
The Aeronauts Review: Going to Heaven in a Handbasket
Tom Harper’s ascent to the stratosphere has moments of tension, but they’re undercut by a choppy narrative and a shallow approach to its true story.
CIFF Dispatch: “Waves”, “Deerskin,” “The Aeronauts”, “The Prince”
Trey Edward Shults’ family drama, Tom Harper’s big-budget balloon thriller, and others dominate this latest CIFF dispatch.