The Banshees of Inisherin | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 21, 2022
A return to form for Martin McDonagh, with this dark, macabre comedy. Though the story is gritty, grim, and grotesque, the location lends it an almost epic-like grandeur.
Festivals
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 18, 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.
The Origin of Evil | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 17, 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
By Kent Turner September 16, 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
By Kent Turner September 14, 2022
As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.
Other People’s Children | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 13, 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.
A Matter of Trust, Two Sisters and a Husband, We Might as Well Be Dead | Tribeca Festival 2022
By Andrew Plimpton June 30, 2022
Three international selections to keep an eye on.
Attention Distributors: January; Pink Moon | Tribeca Festival 2022
By Andrew Plimpton June 29, 2022
Two European prize winners from the recent festival.
Kaepernick & America | Tribeca Festival 2022
By Ben Wasserman June 27, 2022
One-third sports documentary and two-thirds exploration of Colin Kaepernick’s role in the Black Lives Matter movement and its ensuing White backlash.