Thanks to a painterly sense of image-making and captivating turns from Marion Cotillard and Clara Pacini, Lucile Hadžihalilović creates a unique atmosphere with ‘The Ice Tower’, blending the artifice of cinema with the trauma-inducing dread of a child’s fantasy.
Read MoreThe basis of an interesting short film is there, but not a nearly two-hour film in which characters constantly mope around and do practically nothing to advance the plot or develop its characters and world. As a result, Earwig may very well be the most interminable film of the entire Toronto International Film Festival and one of the most disappointing films of the year.
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