Tag: 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival
Zoology | Blu-ray Review
Russian director Ivan I. Tverdovsky became an automatic name in the cult films register with his 2016 sophomore film Zoology, an allegory about a...
Interview: Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama)
We sat down with Bertrand Bonello shortly after the North American premiere of his controversial new film Nocturama, which competed at the 2016 Toronto...
Message from the King | Review
To Live and Die in LA: Du Welz Explores the Los Angeles Underbelly in Revenge Noir
Belgian auteur Fabrice Du Welz makes his English language...
Planetarium | Review
Night of the Shooting Stars: Zlotowski’s Mysterious Glance at a World on a Wire
As one character observes to another upon a chance reunion in...
The Untamed | Review
The Pleasure Principle: Escalante Makes a Monster Mash with Distinctive Social Drama
The shadow of Andrzej Zulawski’s infamous erotic creature feature/divorce melodrama Possession (1981) looms...
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography | Review
Big Pictures Worth A Thousand Words: Morris and Dorfman Dig Through The Archives
Errol Morris’s interest in still photography is no secret, having written the Penguin...
The Assignment | Blu-ray Review
It’s been an arduous journey for action auteur Walter Hill’s latest film The Assignment, a B-grade schlocky piece of grindhouse pulp which has been...
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | Review
Financial Risk: Steve James Banks on Chinatown Community Bank and Finds Political Returns
Steve James has a habit of sticking up for the little guy, as...
Colossal | Review
Seoul of the Matter: Vigalondo’s Environmental Impact Creature Feature Unique but Wonky
Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo scores major points for ambition and uniqueness in his...
The Assignment | Review
A Dish Best Served Bold: Hill’s Revenge-Thriller a Sleazy Mix of Action and Body Horror
Grindhouse groupies will have something to celebrate with the latest...
Jackie | Review
The Safety of Objects: Larrain Revisits Traumatic Chapter of Iconic First Lady
There have been very few First Ladies either before or after Jacqueline Kennedy...
Arrival | Review
Future Perfect: Villeneuve Crafts a Poetic Close Encounter
Using language and communication as a fertile metaphor, Denis Villeneuve situates complex ideas into streamlined composition with...
Into the Inferno | Review
Herzog And The Goblets of Fire: Following In The Volcanic Footsteps Of Katia and Maurice Krafft
Who could have imagined more fitting new subject matter for...
Moonlight | Review
When the Rainbow is Enuf: Jenkins Returns with Exceptional, Moving Character Portrait
It’s been eight years since indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins debuted his exceptional directorial...
Amanda Knox | Review
Foxy Knoxy Rides Again: McGinn & Blackhurst Take On Murder Media Circus With Elegant True Crime Saga
Sometimes the preferred version of a song might actually be a...
JT + The Tennessee Kids | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Demme & Timberlake Don Suit & Tie In Masterful 20/20 Experience Concert Doc
It’s been 32 years since Jonathan Demme immortalized David Byrne and the...
The Conversation: Jenkins’ Moonlight, Escalante’s The Untamed & the Totality of TIFF ’16
As far as the matter of size goes, the Toronto International Film Festival continues to astound, with close to 300 plus titles amassed for...
TIFF 2016: Jordan M. Smith’s Top Five Documentaries
In a blur of motion in the dark, another TIFF has already come and gone. Of the 296 features offered this year, I managed...
Frantz | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
The Guest Who’s Coming to Dinner: Ozon’s Period Culture Clash a Handsome, Uninvolving Production
In many ways, Francois Ozon’s output still swings jaggedly between the...
Indivisible | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
It Takes Two: De Angelis Crafts Distinctive Neapolitan Drama on Siamese Twins
Siamese twins have always made alluring subjects for the cinema, whether at the...
Hermia & Helena | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Like so many other filmmakers from around the world, the Buenos Aires born writer/director Matías Piñeiro has found himself straddling borders with his latest...
The Dreamed Path | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Scenes from a Fugue State: Schanelec Returns with Abstract Continuum of Dissolved Relationships
“I don’t know where to put myself,” says a character at one...
City of Tiny Lights | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Farewell, My Lovely: Travis Tries Urban Neo Noir in Prosaic Adaptation
One gets the sense the source novel by Patrick Neate is a bit more...
The War Show | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Demonstrating To Breathe: Heartbreaking Spiral Into Syrian Oblivion Moves in Micro-Operatic Movements
Syria and the Arab Spring are not exactly new subjects for a documentary...
Orphan | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Woman Thou Art Loosed: Des Pallieres Disorientates with Fractured Character Portrait
Between constantly shifting time periods and abrupt transitions from one clutch of characters to...
Zoology | 2016 Toronto Int. Film Festival Review
Tale of Tails: Tverdovsky’s Myopic Modern Fable Chases Its Own Tail
Zoology. You ask, what does it mean? For the purposes of Ivan Tverdovsky’s sophomore...
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