Causeway | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 14, 2022
As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.
Festivals
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.
BAMcinemaFest 2022
By Kent Turner June 24, 2022
Top pick: Director Ramin Bahrani’s 2nd Chance.
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers | Tribeca Festival 2022
By Ben Wasserman June 21, 2022
A hapless hunter chases a vision of masculine self-reliance.
Crimes of the Future | Cannes Film Festival 2022
By Kent Turner June 1, 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
By Kent Turner May 31, 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.