Michael says: “I have taken to watching films without really finding out too much about them first. Usually it’s one or two sentences from the synopsis, and I’ll make up my mind. SOUND OF METAL came as a big surprise,
Chris says: “In theory, Willem Dafoe seems a misguided choice to play Van Gogh, given the age difference, lack of resemblance, etc. Happily, he makes a stunning transformation without resorting to extravagant physical enhancements like Gary Oldman as Churchill–he embodies the
Jason says: “Early on in JIMMY P., a character apologizes for the way he tells, and it’s a bit of an odd moment, as he’s not the one whose manner of speech is likely to give a modern audience pause.
Jason says: “Georges Simenon wrote La Chambre Bleue (The Blue Room in English) about sixty years ago, and it appears to be the sort of elemental crime story where only small details need be changed to bring it into the
Thom says: “This historical epic was originally a project for the great Chilean director Raoul Ruiz and was actually in pre-production when Ruiz passed away. The project was then handed to long-time Ruiz collaborator and wife Sarmiento. The film concerns
Jason says: “The first half of Jean-François Richet’s two-part biography of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, KILLER INSTINCT, was quitE good; the second half, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, is even better: As much as it’s still shuffling a lot of characters
Bruce says: “You have to be a devotee of absurdist comedy to appreciate a film like LES HERBES FOLLES (now re-titled WILD GRASS for English audiences.) Similar in theme to HAPPENSTANCE, the Audrey Tatou vehicle prior to her success with
Michael says: “Drawing parallels between the chaos of making a film and that same unpredictability in life, Tsai Ming-liang has made his most far out and in many ways exciting movie to date. Kang, who we have come to know
Thom says: “It’s such a dreadful shame that my last two films at TIFF were not worth seeing. This was another apocalyptic film about a virus that’s killing the entire world population. It’s a road film about a married man
Bruce says: “Set during the Nazi occupation of France during WWII, A SECRET is a war film, a love story, a coming-of-age tale and a mystery all wrapped into one very neat package. Its main asset, among many, is the