T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 15, 2021 TIFF 2021: Jane Campion’s neo-western The Power of the Dog is a haunting study of masculinity and repressed desire The great director Jane Campion and a stupendous cast dig deep into dread and melancholy in one of 2021's finest films.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 14, 2021 TIFF: Unclenching the Fists doesn’t forget its humanity as it delves into its bleak tale Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Unclenching the Fists is heavy, but strong performances and craft keep it from being a wallow in misery.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 14, 2021 TIFF: All My Puny Sorrows clings to its source material to its significant detriment All My Puny Sorrows, adapted from the novel of the same name, undermines strong performances by clinging too tightly to its source material.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 September 14, 2021 TIFF 2021: Jagged tells you everything you oughta know about Alanis Morrissette Alison Klayman's chronicle of the Canadian singer's rise to fame centers around her seminal 1995 album, and the trail it blazed for female artists.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 13, 2021 TIFF 2021: Violet is an on-the-nose exploration of Hollywood anxiety Olivia Munn's spirited performance elevates what otherwise feels like a moralistic, obvious self-help treatise on trauma and accountability.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 13, 2021 TIFF 2021: Naomi Watts tries to outrun disaster in the horrendous Lakewood Phillip Noyce and Naomi Watts team up for a preposterous, formulaic high-concept thriller that does nothing tasteful with its premise.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 13, 2021 TIFF 2021: Titane is a fever dream best served cold Julia Ducourneau's followup to her stunning debut Raw makes for brutal, beautiful, brilliant body horror.
T Categories Festivals Movies TIFF 2021 September 13, 2021 TIFF: Mothering Sunday’s intimate sensuality and strong character work shine despite some rough structural work. Mothering Sunday sees star Odessa Young give a stupendous performance of a young woman's birth as a writer and passionate love.
T Categories Festivals Movies TIFF 2021 September 12, 2021 TIFF: The Mad Women’s Ball is sadly far from a blitz The Mad Women's Ball, Melanie Laurent's adaptation of a novel about a young woman's incarceration in a cruel asylum, is disappointingly flat.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 11, 2021 TIFF: Listening to Kenny G is about as pleasantly inoffensive as his music Penny Lane's profile on the smooth jazz superstar can't quite muster up enough energy to make its explorations of his notoriety (good and bad) sing.
