The Banshees of Inisherin | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 21, 2022
A return to form for Martin McDonagh, with this dark, macabre comedy. Though the story is gritty, grim, and grotesque, the location lends it an almost epic-like grandeur.
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Miracle
By Kevin Filipski September 20, 2022
After a novice nun leaves her convent, a police inspector attempts to piece together what happened to her and why in this absorbing Romanian drama.
Riotsville, USA
By Ted Metrakas
A vivid time capsule of the late 1960s, when anything seemed possible.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 18, 2022
Laura Poitras’s documentary biography of photographer and activist Nan Goldin fluidly connects the past with the present, and is among the strongest films about the 1980s New York art scene.
The Origin of Evil | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 17, 2022
The title of French director Sébastien Marnier’s thriller may sound more appropriate for the title of a sermon, but be not afraid. His film is instantly engaging, freewheeling, and playful,
Causeway | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 14, 2022
As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.
Other People’s Children | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner September 13, 2022
Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film stands out for its perspective, that of a single woman at an age when it becomes much harder to make lifelong friends or to enter into entangled relationships that yield deep histories.
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, Prey, RRR | Streaming Hits
By Ben Wasserman September 5, 2022
These three films, all currently available on streaming services, have won acclaim over the last six months and should be added to viewers’ watch lists—if they haven’t already.
The Good Boss
By Andrew Plimpton September 1, 2022
A fine and engaging dark comedy of the lying and hypocrisy of the business world.