Film-Forward

Book adaptation

Lean on Pete

Moments of heartbreaking compassion mired in an exhausting plot.

A Bag of Marbles

Two Jewish boys’ adventures have life-and-death consequences in Occupied France.

Django

The biopic of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is given a stifling, low-energy treatment.

The Disaster Artist

The behind the scenes of the so-called worst movie of all time.

First They Killed My Father

A child’s eye view of the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Mudbound

A fresh take on the old-fashioned, socially conscious, epic melodrama.

On Chesil Beach | TIFF 2017

Ian McEwan adapts his elegant and acerbic 2007 novella.

The Beguiled | Cannes 2017

Besotted, bothered, and bewildered are the Southern belles of the Miss Farnsworth’s Seminary for Young Ladies.

Nocturnal Animals

This adaptation of Austin Wright’s 1993 novel Tony and Susan presents a mishmash of styles, from hothouse drama to cool, elegant, and elliptical art house.