‘Warfare’ review: A nebulous, empty disservice to the reality of war and memory
Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s harrowing wartime drama is hampered by an inscrutable lack of context and a refusal to reckon with the Iraq War’s lasting consequences.
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Shrouds’ review: David Cronenberg’s confounding exploration of personal grief
The Canadian body-horror maestro returns with a perplexing autobiographical thanatopsis that loses sight of itself within its own half-baked subplots.
MIFF 2024 | ‘The Girl With the Needle’ review: A bleak look at women’s rights… and women’s wrongs
Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competition debut is a slightly muddled but nonetheless thought-provoking and pertinent arthouse horror hybrid.
MIFF 2024 | ‘Dying’ review: Shaky family tragicomedy that still sticks its landing
Headed by a revelatory Lars Eidinger, Matthias Glasner’s autopsy of the nuclear family project handles its existentially weighty themes with equal pathos and panache.
MIFF 2024 | ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: A rip-roaringly funny love letter to the arts
A vibrant, fascinating, and heartfelt look at the human drive to form communities — virtual or otherwise — in times of strife.
CIFF 2022 | ‘Pacifiction’ review: A Lynchian lucid dream that will leave you reeling
Catalan auteur Albert Serra returns with another intricately-crafted atmospheric drama in which answers are ever out of reach.
CIFF 2022 | ‘Return to Seoul’ review: Hard-hitting truths about cross-cultural identity
Breakout star Park Ji-min electrifies Davy Chou’s much-needed exploration of what it means to truly “belong.”
CIFF 2022 | ‘Burning Days’ review: The best white-knuckle thrill ride this side of the Mediterranean
From one of Turkey’s foremost directors and political historians comes a gripping, incisive study of how power turns men into monsters.
CIFF 2022 | 'My Policeman' review: A certified crowd-pleaser … if you ignore Harry Styles
David Dawson and Emma Corrin elevate Michael Grandage’s misguided Harry Styles hype vehicle just past mediocrity.
CIFF 2022 | ‘R.M.N.’ review: A brutal, bold and unflinching dissection of European xenophobia
Romania’s stalwart arthouse director Cristian Mungiu returns after six years to examine Europe’s rising tides of racism and xenophobia.
CIFF 2022 | ‘Raymond & Ray’ review: Heartbreak feels good in a film like this
Ethan Hawke and Sophie Okonedo shine alongside Ewan McGregor in Rodrigo García’s new tale of family and forgiveness — or lack thereof.
CIFF 2022 | ‘Decision to Leave’ review: Masterful Hitchcockian neo-noir from Korea’s finest
With far less violence and far more sentimentality than usual, “Decision to Leave” finds Park Chan-wook in a reflective mood.
‘Amsterdam’ review: A comedy of errors, but not the good kind
David O. Russell’s newest film can’t decide if it wants to be a comedy, a political thriller, or a heartfelt exploration of friendship. It ends up just being a mess.
Of Marxists and Models: In ‘Triangle of Sadness,’ power is a real bad trip
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. Maybe you’ll projectile vomit. But you’ll definitely have a good time.