Greetings again from the darkness. My decision to review this movie was based on one thing: it’s the feature film directorial and screenwriting debut of Agata Trzebuchowska, who starred in Pawel Pawlikowski’s excellent IDA (2013). That was the extent of my...
Movie Review: ‘The Weight’
Greetings again from the darkness. Padraic McKinley, a film editor by trade, makes his feature film directorial debut with one that feels like a throwback. And that’s not just because it’s based in 1933 Eugene, Oregon during the depression. This is a period...
Documentary Review: ‘Traces Of Home’
Greetings again from the darkness. The risk a filmmaker runs by producing a documentary to make sense of their own family is that it might easily turns into family therapy and/or personal therapy. However, in this case, it appears that’s exactly what Colette...
Documentary Review: ‘Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie’
Greetings again from the darkness. Seeing someone get violently attacked is horrifying, whether that be live or a video replay. An additional adjective can be added, ‘shocking’, when the attack occurs on a public figure in a public place. Such is the case...
TIFF Movie Review: ‘Wild Horse Nine’
Review by Adam Courtliff Martin McDonagh has proven time and again that he is one of the few filmmakers never defined by whatever genre his films are labelled as. True to form, his delightful latest outing, Wild Horse Nine, is no different and arguably packs...
TIFF Movie Review: ‘The Only Living Pickpocket In New York’
Review by Adam Courtliff Noah Segan in his latest feature The Only Living Pickpocket in New York has taken on a nearly impossible task: make a New York crime thriller feel fresh and interesting without treading the familiar ground countless movies within the...
Movie Review: ‘The Uprising’
Greetings again from the darkness. It can be challenging to relate to an historical drama set in the 14th century, yet the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 in medieval England sometimes hits quite close to home. Writer-director Paul Greengrass directed three of the...
Documentary Review: ‘Don’t Forget Me: Eddie Cochran’
Greetings again from the darkness. With new music being created every day, it’s important to keep alive the history of those early musicians who, decades later, are still influencing contemporary songwriters and musicians. This is exactly what Kirsty Bell...
Documentary Review: ‘Who Moves America’
Greetings again from the darkness. Whether it’s flight attendants, dock workers, or Amazon, we tend to think about, and dread, the inconvenience a labor strike will cause us personally. Documentarian Yael Bridge gives us a rare peek inside … sometimes behind...
Movie Review: ‘Mayday’
Greetings again from the darkness. I guess we were due for a “Cold War Buddy Comedy”. And who better to deliver than co-directors John Francis Daley and Johnathan Goldstein, the team behind GAME NIGHT (2018) and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES...
