8.5
BLACKBERRY Review
Like the phone that inspired it, Blackberry is a slick execution on a tried-and-true formula.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
8.5
7.5
AIR Review
There is one pernicious caveat that Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort will be subjected to and is all but required to meet in order for some to find some iota of enjoyment from its premise. The task set before the frustratingly Google-resistant
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
8
ENYS MEN Review
On an isolated island, just off the coast of Cornwall, a woman (Mary Woodvine) checks the temperature of the soil surrounding a crop of a rare strain of flora native to the island each day. The year is 1973, and this bouquet
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
6
SCREAM 6 Review
The latest Scream recedes further into itself and snuffs out all attempts to carve a new path forward.
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9
Tiff 2022: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Review
Martin McDonagh’s latest film, crafted from his established, pitch-black sense of humor, is the anti-buddy comedy. Banshees of Inisherin is a “hangout” movie where — rather than focusing on the experiential deepening of a friendship — the sudden, dramatic, seemingly sporadic dissolving
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
9
Tiff 2022: HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE Review
In the third chapter of Andreas Malm’s controversial political call to activism, How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire, the ecology professor and environmental activist rails against the prevalent fatalism and “doomerism” that spreads among
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
9
Tiff 2022: THE FABELMANS Review
Sifting through the tender memories of his youth, Steven Spielberg has lovingly crafted his personal celebration of the indelible power movies have over us in that signature, sentimental register that the veteran director has perfected over the course of his career. Using
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
6
Tiff 2022: WENDELL & WILD Review
Henry Selick’s long-gestating follow-up project to the acclaimed Coraline (2009), his first and only directorial effort with Laika Studios before departing over contractual negotiations, was ostensibly accepted as a permanent resident of development hell. Not through a lack of trying, the Nightmare
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
Tiff 2022: Roundup Part 3
Pearl
Directed by Ti West
Runtime 102 Mins
Hot off the heels of the generously pastiched X from earlier this year, Ti West’s prequel/followup carves through the scattershot treatment of porno chic for a more grounded and psychologically terrifying character
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
9
Tiff 2022: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY Review
This review is spoiler free, but does contain information regarding the cast members, the location, the time period and the main character’s occupation. No major plot points are revealed.
The central metaphor of the “Glass Onion,” a layered object which nevertheless has
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
Tiff 2022: Roundup Part 2
I Like Movies
Directed by Chandler Levack
Runtime 99 Mins
A bittersweet slice of Millennial nostalgia for the Canadian cinephile writing this, Chandler Levack’s debut feature is a tenderly cynical portrait of a movie-obsessed outcast allowing his toxic tendencies to
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
Tiff 2022: Roundup Part 1
Here's part 1 of our Tiff review roundup including SICK, FIXATION, VENUS, and DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA.
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4
Tiff 2022: BROS Review
There is a turning-point-type moment in the supposedly subversive, queer romcom Bros that will serve as a breaking point for audiences as to whether they find its brand of righteous, confrontational humor either endearing and funny or obnoxious and self-praising. It is
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
6.5
Tiff 2022: WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY Review
The parodic deathblow dealt to the musician biopic subgenre, courtesy of Jake Kasdan’s Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, has left subsequent genre entries with an unfortunate prospect: either reinvent the formula entirely or suffer under the weight of your own generic
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
7.5
Tiff 2022: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Review
Considering the blunt imagery that the phrase “eat the rich” conjures in one’s mind, is it even possible for a satire that takes this sentiment as its main comedic driving force to be subtle anymore? Or more to the point, should it
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