Beanpole | NYFF 2019
By Wilda Williams October 8, 2019
Kantemir Balagov’s extraordinary second film opens in postwar Leningrad, where survivors are still reeling from the devastation.
Festivals
The Australian Dream | TIFF 2019
By Kent Turner September 21, 2019
An arresting and alarming documentary scrutinizes racism on the football field and throughout Australian culture, as experienced by one of the country’s star players.
Frankie | TIFF 2019
By Kent Turner September 11, 2019
If Portugal becomes overrun with tourists, blame can go to director Ira Sachs’s new drama.
Sorry We Missed You, American Woman | TIFF 2019 Kicks Off
By Kent Turner September 5, 2019
Ken Loach returns to TIFF with a film that is, in many ways, as strong and less predictable than I, Daniel Blake, which won the Palme D’Or, and Toronto-based Semi Chellas adapts author Susan Choi’s fictionalized take of Patty Hearst on the lam.
De Lo Mio | BAMcinemaFest 2019
By Kent Turner June 22, 2019
The festival can boast of its own discovery, the world premiere of director Diana Peralta’s debut film, a family drama of regret and remembrance.
Human Nature
By Phil Guie June 20, 2019
An intriguing film that introduces viewers to a cutting-edge new science without ever losing sight of the human aspect.
Give Me Liberty, The Amazing Johnathan Docuentary, So Pretty | BAMcinemaFest 2019
By Kent Turner June 14, 2019
A one-stop destination for those who haven’t been to Park City or Austin this year.
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2019
By Caroline Ely June 6, 2019
Three very different films come to a stop with open endings in this annual festival of recent Italian film, including a richly photographed cavalcade of moral rot and a striking and atmospheric gem.
The Gasoline Thieves | Tribeca Film Festival 2019
By Andrew Plimpton June 1, 2019
Effective and affecting and with an unflagging pace, The Gasoline Thieves is likely to satisfy—and scar—many of its viewers.