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.
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.
Restraint is the name of the game in Paul Schrader’s new film.
An uneasy new film that grapples with the darkness of growing up in a world distinguished by its overwhelming numbness.
A bouillabaisse of a film that mixes, not always successfully, the suspenseful procedural investigation of director Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight with the touching redemption stories of his earlier movies.
An impressive Argentinian thriller that burns very slowly, ratcheting up suspense in infinitesimal doses.
The dystopian film is best described as a parade of trauma and violence.
A high-concept thriller where the roles of victim and aggressor are reversed.
Carey Mulligan delivers a shrewd, intelligent turn as a woman driven to avenge herself on the date rapists and sleazebags who derailed her future.
Director/writer Thomas Bezucha expertly and deftly teases out the tension, priming the audience for the inevitable bloody climax.