‘Past Lives’ and an uncertain future | review and analysis
Spanning decades, Past Lives follows childhood crushes Na Young and Hae Sung who reconnect at various points in life
‘Origin’ traverses time to investigate the roots of oppression | review
Origin follows an author’s pursuit of the roots of oppression against the backdrop of her own personal struggles
TIFF 2023 reviews: ‘Woman of the Hour’ and ‘Shayda’
Actor-turned-director Anna Kendrick and first-time director Noora Niasari screened their new movies at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival
‘The Holdovers’ needs more Joy | review and analysis
A curmudgeonly professor, troublemaking student and kitchen manager are forced to spend winter break in an isolated boarding school. But they find warmth and family in the cold in The Holdovers.
Colman Domingo gives ‘Rustin’ the megaphone | review
In Netflix’s new biopic, Colman Domingo plays civil rights activist Bayard Rustin as he plans the March on Washington in just eight weeks
Fair Play review: Love, work, sex, and power | review
Sundance 2023 | Fair Play follows a happy couple that is thrown into turmoil when one of them is promoted at the financial firm they work at Fair Play is a corporate barn burner and relationship psychosexual drama that's thrilling as it is brutally precise in its study of power, sex, attraction, and ambition. Phoebe…
‘Passages’ review: Entanglements in love and sex | Sundance
Ira Sachs’s Passages follows a married gay film director as his affair with a woman implodes his marriage.
‘Unicorns’ is a glittering unlikely queer romance | review
Unicorns follows a South Asian drag queen and Essex mechanic’s sparkling will-they-won’t-they romance of queer discovery and joy
‘The Worst Person in the World’ and the millennial crisis | review and analysis
The Worst Person in the World explores the millennial urge to reinvent yourself every time things get hard through an aimless 30-year-old navigating her life in Oslo How do you balance living for yourself while also being a good person? Isn’t that the mad irony of our existence? We’re given a set amount of time…
‘TÁR’ wants you to kill your heroes | review and analysis
TÁR follows world-renowned conductor-composer Lydia Tár as she prepares for a career-defining concert as the objectionable actions of her past come back to haunt her.