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TIFF Review: Christy Makes a Shamelessly Generic Oscar Grab for Sydney Sweeney
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“Aren’t we past this?” That’s the thought that ran through this writer’s head during Christy, the boxing biopic designed as an official Oscar vehicle for Sydney Sweeney. Both the distributor and actress seem to have similarly malignant aims for the...
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Venice Review: Marc by Sofia is an Agreeable Documentary Portrait Lacking Intimacy
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Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, and 30 years of friendship between them––this triad was promising enough for A24 to jump on the project and for the Venice Film Festival to host its world premiere (out of competition). Where else if not...
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TIFF 2025: Motor City, I Swear, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story
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The producers of Potsy Ponciroli’s take the “strong, silent type” to extremes in the playful “Motor City,” a movie that plays like a grittier cousin of John Woo’s “Silent Night” in that it’s another action flick with almost no dialogue....
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‘Sirât’ Review: Óliver Laxe’s Parable Is a Sensorially Rich and Trippy Desert Odyssey
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The film is a vivid meditation on human possibility in the face of fate and nature’s power. The post ‘Sirât’ Review: Óliver Laxe’s Parable Is a Sensorially Rich and Trippy Desert Odyssey appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Late Fame’ Review: Kent Jones’s Amiable New York City Poet Drama Pulls Its Punches
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The film’s desire to resist easy storytelling paradigms is admirable, but only up to a point. The post ‘Late Fame’ Review: Kent Jones’s Amiable New York City Poet Drama Pulls Its Punches appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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A Buñuelian Fable Unfolds in Exclusive Trailer for Karla Badillo’s TIFF Premiere Oca
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Making its world premiere this Tuesday as part of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery section, Karla Badillo’s directorial debut Oca tells a Buñuelian fable of faith, pilgrimage, and revelation. With the impressive cast of Natalia Solián (Huesera: The...
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TIFF Review: Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice is a Pop Satire That Falls Flat
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It’s not too grand a statement to say the environment you watch a film in will heavily impact how you feel about it. This was the case with Sacrifice, a supposed satire of the uber-rich and celebrity worship that, viewed...
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Toronto 2025 Review: ROSE OF NEVADA, Between a Rift in Time and the Deep Blue Sea
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I am far from the first cinephile to point this out, but there is no substitute for print film when it comes to conveying texture. The crisp quality of digital may give clarity, but there is a depth to a...
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TIFF Review: Carolina Caroline is a Crime Drama Centered on Love
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How do you tell when you stop being good people pretending to be bad and realize you’re just bad people who can’t even trick themselves into thinking they’re anything but? Caroline (Samara Weaving) asks this aloud earlier than you might...
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‘The Long Walk’ Review: This Stephen King Adaptation Holds a Harrowing Mirror to Reality
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This ferocious adaptation of King’s novella as a passion play about class solidarity. The post ‘The Long Walk’ Review: This Stephen King Adaptation Holds a Harrowing Mirror to Reality appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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