Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice | NYFF 2023
By Kent Turner October 3, 2023
Pedro Almodóvar’s 31-minute Western-cum-queer-love-story is on a double-bill with The Human Voice.
Festivals
Shayda | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 19, 2023
Australia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.
Flora and Son | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 15, 2023
With a main character spouting piss, spit, and vinegar, as well as raunchy talk, John Carney’s latest has an edge—and an R rating.
The Teachers’ Lounge | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner
Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.
Viva Varda! | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 14, 2023
Pierre-Henri Gibert is the first director to take on the biography of maverick filmmaker Agnès Varda, apart from Varda herself.
In the Rearview | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 12, 2023
In the week of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, director Maciek Hamela sits behind the steering wheel as a volunteer transporting displaced refugees fleeing the frontlines.
The Boy and the Heron | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 10, 2023
Without a doubt, the 82-year-old Hayao Miyazaki pulls out all stops visually in perhaps his most beautiful movie.
Dicks: The Musical | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner
The best way to enjoy this four-letter-word-filled frolic is probably to be inebriated. (This reviewer could have used a drink while watching it.)
Toll | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 9, 2023
The latest addition to the growing number of Brazilian films that offer pungent perspectives on the country’s rising Evangelical movement.