To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Paul Verhoeven’s ventures into irreverence and topical discussion have always been assigned to lavish psychosexual entertainment, mostly overlooked however are his films’ dramatic undertones, which are always sincere, biting and deeply self-aware. Elle…
Movie Review: It’s Only the End of the World
Louis, suffering from an unspecified terminal illness, constantly checks his watch, only realizing for the first time in his life how precious time really is. Xavier Dolan adapted It’s Only the End of the World from the stage play Juste…
VIFF Review: Elle
To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Paul Verhoeven’s ventures into irreverence and topical discussion have always been assigned to lavish psychosexual entertainment, mostly overlooked however are his films’ dramatic undertones, which are always sincere, biting and deeply self-aware. Elle…
VIFF Review: A Quiet Passion
To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Terence Davies’ newest film A Quiet Passion is his most talky film, which probably makes it the least characteristic of the acclaimed English director. But considering that every film by the director by this…
Movie Review: The Age of Shadows
The Age of Shadows seems to operate on two fronts, the first as a war epic—both sweeping and compact—of chases, gunfights and espionage, used as much for dramatic interplay as it is cloak and dagger. The second is a melodrama of…
Movie Review: Train to Busan
South Korea’s Train to Busan exhibits some of the best tendencies of big-budgeted apocalyptic spectacles. Always operating on gut feeling the film never really functions logically, but that’s never really been a problem for movies like this. Train to Busan…
Ally’s Movie Review: Macbeth
In what could arguably be called Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Michael Fassbender shines as the mad king Macbeth. While the rest of Macbeth flounders a bit in trying to find its footing in what kind of film it wants to be, Fassbender is…