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TIFF Review: Two Pianos is Another Rich, Thoughtful Drama from Arnaud Desplechin
by admin|10 months ago|The Film Stage
The past rears its not-so-ugly head in Two Pianos, Arnaud Desplechin’s latest film exploring the ways gorgeous people make an even bigger mess out of the messiness of life itself. Set amidst the world of classical music in Lyon, this...
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TIFF Review: Maddie’s Secret Showcases John Early’s Total Commitment 
by admin|10 months ago|The Film Stage
You can’t accuse John Early of not committing. Through the majority of his acting career, the comedian has become a reliable avatar for a palpable, toxic, hilarious narcissism, playing characters oblivious to the world outside the bubbles they’ve so thoroughly...
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‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: The Musical Agony and the Ecstasy of Anne Lee
by admin|10 months ago|Slant Magazine
This protean fable is tremulous, tricky, and intrepid, much like its pious protagonist. The post ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: The Musical Agony and the Ecstasy of Anne Lee appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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MotelX 2025 Review: BUZZHEART Makes Meeting The Parents Horrifying
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
After a striking opening scene, in which a young man and a young woman connect in a massage parlor after a clandestine handjob, and she invites him over to meet her parents immediately, the credits of Buzzheart start. They consist...
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MOTELX 2025 Review: ANYTHING THAT MOVES Has Sex And Murder On The Brain
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Anything That Moves is that rare thing: a truly bizarre oddity of a film, for better or worse. Best described as a pastiche of sexploitation films, mixed with a serial killer thriller, it is something truly special: a sex-positive film...
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Toronto 2025: RETREAT, A Unique Film Shows an Isolated Community Hides Dark Secrets
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
If a person cannot be understood, if they need something outside of what is common in order to full live and thrive in our society, they are often shunted to the side at best, or at worst, treated as burdens...
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TIFF 2025: Table of Contents
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
Links to our extensive coverage of TIFF 2025.
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TIFF 2025: Dust Bunny, The Furious, Normal
by admin|10 months ago|Roger Ebert
On three Midnight Madness films: The film directorial debut of Bryan Fuller, a new gun fu classic, and more Bob Odenkirk action.
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Toronto 2025 Review: OBSESSION Gleefully Transgresses Relationship Boundaries with Hellish Precision And Cringe
by admin|10 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Cute and apprehensive, but passively sweet Baron, whose friends call him Bear, has one last chance to avoid the Friend Zone with his co-worker Nikki.   Quietly, inelegantly, he lusts over her, while outwardly he can only simp in ways...
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‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Benny Safdie’s Biopic Is a Prolonged Bout with Déjà Vu
by admin|10 months ago|Slant Magazine
The film follows too closely in the footsteps of John Hyams’s documentary of the same name. The post ‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Benny Safdie’s Biopic Is a Prolonged Bout with Déjà Vu appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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