Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder”&“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
THE WONDER (Netflix – November 16): In the time of Ireland’s Great Famine, 11-year-old Anna (Kila Lord Cassidy) claims to have survived for 4 months without eating even one bite of food. Is she a...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Holdovers,”“Pain Hustlers”&“Woman Of the...
These haven’t been glory days for the Toronto Film Festival. The WGA/SAG strikes dampened the vibe, of course–of the 27 films I saw at TIFF, only 4 screenings featured appearances from the cast....
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Zone Of Interest,”“Expats”&“Finestkind”
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (A24 – TBD): Jonathan Glazer has only directed 4 feature films in his 23-year career (the most recent was Under the Skin a decade ago). His latest, The Zone of Interest, is a...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “Wicked Little Letters,”“Anatomy Of A...
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS (no distrib): In The Lost Daughter, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley played the same character at different ages, which prevented them from sharing the screen. That’s remedied...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “His Three Daughters,”“Backspot”&“Lee”
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (no distrib): The premise of Azazel Jacobs’ film is simple enough to be staged as a play: as their father Vincent (Jay O. Sanders) lies dying in an unseen room of his Bronx...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “Hit Man,”“Daddio”&“Next Goal Wins”
HIT MAN (no distrib): A clever, funny, sexy entertainment from Richard Linklater and emerging star Glen Powell, who co-wrote the script with the director (both also produced), inspired by an...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Boy and the Heron,”“Dumb Money”&“North Star”
THE BOY AND THE HERON (GKids – Dec. 8): Hiyao Miyazaki, a legend of animation (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke), had announced his retirement as a feature film director a decade...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “Rustin,”“Memory”&“Fingernails”
RUSTIN (Netflix – Nov. 17): The director and producer George C. Wolfe is a towering figure in American theater, but his films to date have been wobbly at worst (A Night in Rodanthe, You’re Not You)...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “American Fiction,”“The Critic”&“Mother, Couch”
AMERICAN FICTION (Orion/MGM/Amazon – Nov. 17): The Toronto People’s Choice Award has been something of a golden ticket to a Best Picture nomination over the years, and this year the prize went to...
View ArticleToronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Burial,”“Wildcat”&“Poolman”
THE BURIAL (MGM/Amazon – Oct. 13): A yarn that’s also a true story. Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) was the owner of a family-run, regional Mississippi business that for decades had offered...
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