‘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
‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ is a shimmering documentary stunner | review
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé takes us onstage and behind the scenes of her record-breaking tour with intimate vignettes that uncover how the show and album came together.
‘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…
Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ is a chopped and screwed summer blockbuster | review and analysis
Nope follows two siblings that become convinced that UFOs are visiting their ranch to abduct horses. Seeing a path to fortune, they set out to capture it on video.
High school farce ‘Bottoms’ rides on top | review
Bottoms follows two deeply uncool high school girls that create a self-defense club with the hope of wooing their cheerleader crushes
‘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.
‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ is the sappy gay fairytale we deserve | review
Red, White & Royal Blue follows the star-crossed romance between the First Son of the United States and a British prince