Director Edward Berger's 'Conclave' is the kind of film that is a treat, especially so in the current state of cinema. This mature, grounded, and gripping mid-budget thriller is definitely contemporary, but spiritually feels like something that could have excelled more. [TIFF 24]
Read More‘The Image of You’ is one of those inexplicable films which becomes more tolerable - or at least, more entertaining - as it becomes more absurd. If you can endure the cringey first act, you’ll be rewarded with a film that is, if nothing else, fully aware of which audience expectations it will meet.
Read More‘First Play’ serves more as a thriller than a drama though and takes a certain level of comfortability with serious topics to be able to watch. Hopefully, with it’s success on the platform, Netflix will go back to giving more artists a creative domain to showcase their newest works.
Read MoreDirector Ari Aster has described ‘Beau is Afraid’ as a “nightmare” - and to give him credit, that is an apt description, but not in the way that he probably intended. The film feels exactly like one of those incoherent fever dreams which you only half-remember after it’s over, and quickly forget as you go about your day.
Read MoreWhile the new formula of ‘Don’t Breathe 2’ explores new avenues in Norman’s character, it never truly commits to engaging with the potential complexity of his character, bypassing the monstrous acts of his past.
Read MoreWhile ‘Flashback’ uses the time-loop genre to warn us of predictive data analysis, its message doesn’t fully align with its cryptic story.
Read More“Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse” features a layered and charismatic lead performance from Michael B. Jordan, but the film around him largely lacks any character at all.
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