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Girlhood
Susan Kemp | February 11, 2015The self-discovery of a teenage girl is both honest and ordinary in the indie film 'Girlhood'.
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Out of Nature
C.J. Prince | February 6, 2015A midlife crisis-induced camping trip is more of a privileged self-indulgent exploration.
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Hard to Be a God
C.J. Prince | January 28, 2015'Hard to Be a God' is a masterpiece 40 years in the making that's both revolutionary and revolting....
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Two Days, One Night
Nik Grozdanovic | December 23, 2014The Dardenne brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc, are worshiped filmmakers in the art-house community. They have been impressing audiences...
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Mr. Turner
Bernard Boo | December 19, 2014It's hard to imagine Leigh, Spall, and their team improving upon what they put forth in this transcendental...
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Winter Sleep
Nik Grozdanovic | December 18, 2014A genuine experience that will leave you completely nourished. A cat’s whisker away from being a masterpiece.
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Pioneer
Patrick Larkin | December 3, 2014There are two movies playing out in the Norwegian film Pioneer. The first is a gritty procedural of...
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Force Majeure
C.J. Prince | October 29, 2014The absurdity of familial archetypes are underscored to hilarious effect in Ruben Östlund's provocative new film.
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TIFF 2014: From What is Before
C.J. Prince | September 17, 2014Every time something gets written about Lav Diaz, an explanation of the director’s unusual, tough filmography feels necessary....
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TIFF 2014: Goodbye to Language 3D
C.J. Prince | September 15, 2014Like the film’s 70 minute runtime, I’ll be brief. Jean-Luc Godard tackles three dimensions in his latest film,...
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TIFF 2014: Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
C.J. Prince | September 12, 2014In Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, the title character (played by co-director Ronit Elkabetz) spends 5 years...
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TIFF 2014: Goodnight Mommy
Dustin Jansick | September 11, 2014Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz (wife of auteur Ulrich Seidl) and Severin Fiala first present Goodnight Mommy as a...
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Still the Water (TIFF Review)
C.J. Prince | September 11, 2014At one point during Still the Water, a character says one has to “keep a humble attitude towards...
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TIFF 2014: Hill of Freedom
C.J. Prince | September 10, 2014Hong Sang-soo has made yet another film (his 16th one, to be exact), and for those aware of...
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TIFF 2014: 1001 Grams
Dustin Jansick | September 9, 2014Prominent Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer returns to the festival in the Masters program with his latest film 1001...