N Categories Movies Reviews July 14, 2023 Not even the supernatural can elevate Falcon Lake Charlotte Le Bon’s debut feature suffers from offering familiar beats with almost methodical proceduralism.
W Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month February 6, 2023 Wide Awake, M. Night Shyamalan slowly rises Shyamalan's first theatrical release is far removed from his most famous work—but does contain seeds of the filmmaker he'd become.
T Categories Festivals TIFF 2022 September 18, 2022 TIFF 2022: Falcon Lake sails when exploring adolescence While Charlotte Le Bron's directorial debut doesn't wholly succeed in hybridizing genres, it excels when telling its young leads' stories.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: The frustrating Quickening has only one thing to recommend it Quickening star Arooj Azeem gives a breakout performance, but the rest of the film simply does not match her good work.
& Categories Movies Reviews April 6, 2021 “Giants Being Lonely” is a bit too small to keep company Grear Patterson’s debut feature is moody, evocative, and graciously efficient, but doesn’t fill its world with characters you can care about. In a world where..
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 February 1, 2021 Sundance 2021: “Cusp” explores the difficulties of being a teenager Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt's observational documentary takes us through the complexities of awkward teen girlhood.
& Categories Movies Reviews June 18, 2020 “Miss Juneteenth” is a charming ode to Black womanhood Channing Godfrey Peoples makes her debut with an emotional, inspiring tale of the complicated roads Black women must walk in America.
& Categories Movies May 8, 2020 “How to Build a Girl” has as much depth as it does laughs Coky Giedroyc's adaptation of Caitlin Moran's novel is a sharp comedy that gives Beanie Feldstein even more room to prove her talents.
& Categories Movies April 27, 2020 “To the Stars” finds forbidden love in a stifling small town Martha Stephens' sumptuous queer coming-of-age drama highlights the restrictive pain of societal repression.
C Categories CIFF 2019 Festivals Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue December 5, 2019 CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago The director of the Sundance favorite discusses her coming-of-age tale Hala.
