Shayda | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 19, 2023
Australia’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award.
Festivals
Flora and Son | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 15, 2023
With a main character spouting piss, spit, and vinegar, as well as raunchy talk, John Carney’s latest has an edge—and an R rating.
The Teachers’ Lounge | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner
Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.
Viva Varda! | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 14, 2023
Pierre-Henri Gibert is the first director to take on the biography of maverick filmmaker Agnès Varda, apart from Varda herself.
In the Rearview | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 12, 2023
In the week of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, director Maciek Hamela sits behind the steering wheel as a volunteer transporting displaced refugees fleeing the frontlines.
The Boy and the Heron | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 10, 2023
Without a doubt, the 82-year-old Hayao Miyazaki pulls out all stops visually in perhaps his most beautiful movie.
Dicks: The Musical | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner
The best way to enjoy this four-letter-word-filled frolic is probably to be inebriated. (This reviewer could have used a drink while watching it.)
Toll | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 9, 2023
The latest addition to the growing number of Brazilian films that offer pungent perspectives on the country’s rising Evangelical movement.
The Fish Tale, From the End of the World, Under the Turquoise Sky | Japan Cuts 2023
By Guillermo Lopez Meza August 3, 2023
Three titles varied movies screenings during the final weekend of the festival’s 16th edition.