All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | TIFF 2022
Laura Poitras’s documentary biography of photographer and activist Nan Goldin fluidly connects the past with the present, and is among the strongest films about the 1980s New York art scene.
Film-Forward
The Origin of Evil | TIFF 2022
The title of French director Sébastien Marnier’s thriller may sound more appropriate for the title of a sermon, but be not afraid. His film is instantly engaging, freewheeling, and playful,
My Policeman | TIFF 2022
Based on the 2012 novel by Bethan Roberts, the plot centers on an entangled trio: a young primary school teacher; her boyfriend, a young cop; and an erudite museum curator.
Causeway | TIFF 2022
As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.
Other People’s Children | TIFF 2022
Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film stands out for its perspective, that of a single woman at an age when it becomes much harder to make lifelong friends or to enter into entangled relationships that yield deep histories.
BAMcinemaFest 2022
Top pick: Director Ramin Bahrani’s 2nd Chance.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
With one large gaping eye and two feet wearing the titular pink shoes, Marcel is a stop-motion animation/live-action hybrid that could have been dreamed up by a feverish René Magritte.
Crimes of the Future | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Don't believe the hype. If audiences flee to the exits, it is most likely for the airless, glum atmosphere and the murky, metaphorical screenplay rather than the gore.
Tori and Lokita | Cannes Film Festival 2022
No other team of directors or style of filmmaking are as emblematic of what the festival has recently stood for than the Belgium directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and they were honored with the Cannes 75th Anniversary Award for their new film.