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.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 19, 2021 TIFF 2021: Silent Night is a joyless, doomed slog Silent Night's admittedly intriguing blend of bleaker-than-bleak comedy and holiday spirit is undermined by noxious writing and characters.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Forgiven offers up yet more rich white people problems Despite its top shelf cast & capable direction, this drama about tourists behaving badly is nothing we haven't seen before.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: Drive My Car is a dense, lyrical take on life after grief Ryusuke Hamaguchi adapts a Haruki Murakami short story & gives it additional depth & soul.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Gravedigger’s Wife & other highlights in African cinema Three features at the Toronto International Film Festival turn the spotlight on the best and brightest in African filmmaking.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 16, 2021 TIFF 2021: Belfast is a touching, understated historical drama Kenneth Branagh directs a moving film about a working class Irish family impacted by the Troubles.
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.
