Tension becomes Caitlin Cronenberg’s film. The release of it, not so much.
Assayas’s film is a gently smart and warm-spirited look at love in a time of stasis.
The film is a mesmeric but frequently muddled exploration of transgender self-actualization.
The at times meticulous realism of Tim Mielant’s film eventually gives way to hokey drama.
Antoine Bourges’s latest is his most quietly impactful effort to date.
Everything about S.J. Clarkson’s Madame Web reeks of cynicism.
One Love’s hagiographic bent is symptomatic of the modern-day biopic.
The film builds on a docudrama realism while also reaching toward the mythological.
Even as the film revels in violent delights, the dialogue keeps everything grounded in humor.
It’s the balance of comedy and existential drama that truly elevates Thelma.
In the basic rhythms of its story, Out of Darkness plays out like a Predator movie.
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The Monk and The Gun draws plenty of humor from a collision of attitudes and ideas.
Manning Walker discusses what different audiences have made of the film’s ambiguities.
The film’s storytelling structure befits the female experience in American politics.
Even when it’s painting its story in broad strokes, the film plays expertly to audience emotion.
The film takes on a justice system unequipped to prosecute those who commit sex crimes.
What makes IFFR so endearing is an atmosphere that’s joyful and devoid of self-importance.
One of the film’s great strengths is how confidently it lets details speak for themselves.
The film’s lack of charm prevents it from transcending the thinness of its high-concept premise.
The film’s humor is a clenched-fist assault on runaway greed and systemic corruption.
The film meanders its way toward its goal with a maddening lack of focus and narrative thrust.