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.
Festivals
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.
Where Is Anne Frank | TIFF 2021
By Kent Turner
Departing from a straightforward biopic, the filmmakers throw in a twist: Anne Frank’s life is told from the perspective of Kitty, Anne’s imaginary friend to whom she wrote diary entries from 1942–44.
7 Prisoners | TIFF 2021
By Kent Turner September 21, 2021
One movie that will be accessible soon to millions internationally is Brazilian-American director Alexandre Moratto’s taut, terse, gritty drama.
Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over | TIFF 2021
By Kent Turner September 20, 2021
Directors Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner successfully make the case for Warwick’s exalted place in the pop music canon.