A young couple's relationship is thrown into turmoil when an enigmatic filmmaker moves in with them to try and complete her latest film in Black Bear. With its sharp script, interesting structure, and a watershed performance by Aubrey Plaza, Black Bear is a deliciously entertaining and satirical quasi-thriller romp about what it is to be…
Ben Affleck's Air tells the story of how Nike struck the biggest partnership in sports history with Michael Jordan and the Air Jordan Air is a sturdy crowd-pleasing "based on a true story" dramedy that leverages every aspect of the biopic genre to a precision level. There’s always that one scene in movies about inventors…
Sometimes I Think About Dying follows a socially awkward office worker finds her lonely days interrupted by a new co-worker who piques her interest—and interest in herself. Continue reading ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ review: Daisy Ridley fights loneliness | Sundance 2023
Spoiler Alert follows Michael and Kit's imperfect romance through various ups and down before they're faced with a crisis that tests the bounds of their love Spoiler Alert is the kind of realistic romantic tragicomedy that makes you feel nearly every emotion at once. Funny but not forced. Tragic but not overwrought. Romantic but not…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever follows the nation as it navigates grief, politics, and new enemies after the death of King T'Challa. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is closer to a drama meditating on loss and grief than it is a comic book movie. Even when those elements come in, they're tied into the plot. The tone…
Bringing a piece of American history to life, Till is the story of a mother’s love as a woman fights for justice after her young son is murdered in the 1950s Continue reading ‘Till’ breathes life into American history | movie review
All Quiet on the Western Front, the second adaptation of the novel of the same name, follows a group of young soldiers that learn the hard way that war is hell Continue reading In ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ war has never looked worse and never looked better | TIFF review
A homeless young gay man enlists in the Marines as a way out of his struggle in The Inspection. As he goes through boot camp, he grapples with his masculinity and queerness. The Inspection is a deeply personal look into a queer Black man's experience in Marine boot camp and how his struggles lead him…
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe follows two teen boys growing up in Texas in the 1980s as they uncover their identities through their friendship Continue reading ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ is YA movie goals | TIFF review
Set on the moody southern coast of England in the 1980s, Empire of Light follows a lonely movie theater worker who finds herself in a whirlwind romance Continue reading ‘Empire of Light’ is more than a movie about movies | TIFF movie review
