The Mission
By Andrew Plimpton October 12, 2023
A dense and informative documentary about Christian missionary John Allen Chau’s doomed encounter on the isolated North Sentinel Island.
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When Evil Lurks
By Paul Weissman October 5, 2023
If you are looking for gore and shocking images, you have come to the right place.
My Love Affair with Marriage
By Kirsten Anderson
Signe Baumane’s original and smart semi-autobiographical animated musical is different and not afraid to be itself.
American Fiction | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 19, 2023
First time director Cord Jefferson accomplishes quite a balancing act. He has made a family drama and, more pungently and winningly, a satire aimed at an adult audience.
Four Daughters | TIFF 2023
By Kent Turner September 18, 2023
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania cleverly strips off layer after layer of a family history in this engrossing, intimate, and expansive documentary.
Rotting in the Sun
By Jeffery Berg September 13, 2023
Sebastián Silva’s meta-fiction is one of the funnier and adventurous comedies of the year so far.
Love Life
By Guillermo Lopez Meza August 10, 2023
Director Koji Fukada offers a unique contribution to the melodrama genre: a film of unusual subtleties.
The Eternal Memory
By Andrew Plimpton
A wife tries to keep her husband’s memory afloat in Maite Alberdi’s remarkable documentary.
Reveille
By Paul Weissman August 3, 2023
The fresh, honest, and intimate interactions are what makes this movie a cut above your average war film.