I hope you’ll give me credit for not beginning this review with an “off to the races” joke, seeing as how Robin Aubert’s zombie film Les Affamés abruptly opens with a woman getting her jugular torn out at a racetrack.…
Movie Review: First They Killed My Father
In case you didn’t know, Angelina Jolie is an activist for human rights. The Oscar-winner has had one of the more successful transitions from sex symbol to legitimate presence in Hollywood. Despite being on tabloid magazine covers almost every week,…
Movie Review: Gaga: Five Foot Two
The first shot of Gaga: Five Foot Two is worrying: It’s the heels of Lady Gaga’s rhinestone boots, ascending to the sky with the Bulgarian folk song “Kaval Sviri” playing in the background as if she’s become the shining Mother…
Interview: Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton
Directing duo Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton are the couple you want to talk to all day. In just fifteen minutes we conversed about millenial movie attendance, Judy Garland, and getting a sandwich board together to promote the film. The…
TIFF Movie Review: The Shape of Water
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A…
TIFF Review: Euphoria
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. The English-language debut of Sweden’s Lisa Langseth and her third collaboration with actress Alicia Vikander, their latest outing together suffers from a tonally inconsistent script. Despite two powerful, if distinctly different, performances…
The Best Movie Moments of the Summer
We’ve spent a decent amount of time talking about this already, but the summer 2017 movie season has been one to remember. Sure, the box office numbers have been on the…dour side, but the overall quality was remarkable and unusual.…