Passing | New York Film Festival 2021
By Rania Richardson October 25, 2021
The elegant directorial debut of British-American actress Rebecca Hall revolves around two light-skinned Black women following different paths.
Festivals
Red Rocket | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 9, 2021
Simon Rex’s performance is one of the most gratifying surprises of the year.
The Souvenir Part II | New York Film Festival 2021
By Rania Richardson October 7, 2021
In this captivating sequel, we are treated again to actress Honor Swinton Byrne as British film student Julie and her mother, Tilda Swinton, playing her onscreen mother.
The Lost Daughter | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 4, 2021
The New Yorker hailed Ferrante’s slender yet loaded novel as “a brutally frank novel of maternal ambivalence.” The same could be said of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation.
The French Dispatch | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 3, 2021
In his visually dazzling and exhilarating new film, Wes Anderson has concocted a buoyant bouillabaisse.
The Power of the Dog | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 2, 2021
Jane Campion performs a seductive sleight of hand in her adaptation of American writer Thomas Savage’s 1967 shapeshifting novel.
Bergman Island | New York Film Festival 2021
By Rania Richardson September 29, 2021
A creative couple explores artistry and love in this whimsical adventure and beguiling fantasy.
Titane | TIFF 2021
By Kent Turner September 23, 2021
One thing for sure, when watching the blood-splattered and blunt Titane, you never know where it’s heading. It plays by its own rules.
Zalava | TIFF 2021
By Kent Turner September 22, 2021
The award for the most intriguing one-off at the festival goes to this story of demonic possession and romance, mixed with devilishly dark satire.