Brian Cox & Alan Cumming in Cox’s Directorial Bow
One of our very best actors, Brian Cox, makes a somewhat belated directorial debut with the Toronto world…
Sam Nivola in Bobby Farrelly’s Bland Road Comedy
In introducing his new comedy just ahead of its TIFF world premiere, director Bobby Farrelly noted that Dumb…
Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley in ’70s Detroit
Give me a brooding mid-1970s Detroit nightscape stained with grubby neon, drop a body with a severed leg…
Alex Winter’s Neo-Noir Satire Comes Up Short
Taking the notion of skeletons in the family closet quite literally, Alex Winter‘s Adulthood sets out to expose…
Vince Vaughn in Nic Pizzolatto’s Feature Debut
Easy’s Waltz, the new film from True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto, makes good on about half the promise…
‘The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue’ Review: A Snapshot of 10/7
Undeniably gripping at times, while proving conclusively that any attempt to do an “apolitical” documentary about what happened…
Ian McKellen & Michaela Coel Do Soderbergh
Shake the family trees of many celebrated artists nearing the end of their lives and you’re likely to…
A Spellbinding Argentinian Character Study
The venerable but overcrowded “unraveling woman” subgenre gets a shot in the arm with The Currents (Las Corrientes),…
Angelina Jolie in Wispy Paris Fashion Week Drama
Genre-hopping French writer-director Alice Winocour describes Couture as a “memento mori,” but its contemplative musings on mortality, trauma…
Russell Crow & Rami Malek in Potent, Timely Drama
In the days immediately following the end of World War II in Europe, a U.S. Supreme Court justice…
Leslie Mann in Maude Apatow’s Directorial Bow
Maude Apatow’s directorial debut Poetic License is an intergenerational coming-of-age film about an aimless middle-aged wife and mother…
John Early’s Triumphant Bulimia Comedy
Before streaming, the made-for-television movie was a major form of home entertainment. Unlike direct-to-video films, TV movies were…