N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 59 Reviews October 10, 2021 NYFF: Ahed’s Knee has style and righteous anger to spare Ahed's Knee, director Nadav Lapid's latest film, cannot match his best work, but it's far from a failure. It has style and anger to spare.
O Categories Reviews TV October 7, 2021 One of Us Is Lying doesn’t quite have its story down yet Peacock's new teen drama-thriller One of Us Is Lying has promise but needs to shake its devotion to the source material's pacing.
T Categories Movies Reviews October 4, 2021 TIFF 2021: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Not as much as we might with a lighter touch Alexandre Koberidze's film is lovely and well-performed, but overly insistent on its epic status.
L Categories Movies Reviews October 4, 2021 Lamb: A pastoral allegory that’s equal parts haunting and frustrating Lamb, Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut feature, is moody and captivating but shaky thematics keep it from living up to its own promise.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Survivor won’t be going for the belt anytime soon The Survivor wastes Ben Foster and Vicky Kreips in an overfamiliar prestige drama that botches its approach to the Holocaust.
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.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 22, 2021 TIFF 2021: As In Heaven is a divinely made hybrid of character study and nightmare With As in Heaven, Tea Lindeberg and star Flora Lindhal craft a stupendous study of a young woman's struggle with her faith amidst horror.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: Though handsome, Firebird fails to ignite Firebird, Peeter Rebane's adaptation of queer memoir The Story of Roman, is far too timid, especially when it has the potential to blaze.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: Jump Darling sends off Cloris Leachman in style The late, great movie star gives a stupendous performance in this winning odd-couple dramedy.
