Film-Forward

Blue Bayou

An undocumented South Korean who has built a life for himself in New Orleans, which includes a loving wife and a stepdaughter, finds it all imperiled after an incident with the police.

As in Heaven; Petite Maman; The Hill Where Lionesses Roar | TIFF 2021

This year, the festival has been reduced to its purest form, as a celebration of new works from around the world, apart from parties and in-person buzz.

Lakewood; The Guilty | TIFF 2021

How do you make a film under Covid restrictions? Two movies demonstrate how two story lines were shaped by self-isolation, with minimal physical interaction among their casts.

The Rescue | TIFF 2021

The moment-to-moment and day-by-day retelling of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue feels fresh off the press.

Dune | TIFF 2021

Director Denis Villeneuve turns Frank Herbert’s multilayered, 1965 sci-fi classic novel into an involving adventure.

Language Lessons

A two-hander about the long-distance friendship between a teacher and student—just because a friend is discovered through Zoom doesn’t make it any less real.

The Card Counter

Restraint is the name of the game in Paul Schrader’s new film.

Detainee 001

Director Greg Barker gives audiences an inside look into the events surrounding American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh’s capture, his trial, and the immense media frenzy and jingoism it catalyzed.

Azor

Though its approach, focused on the rich during a military regime, seems cold, detached, and cynical to a certain degree, the results are discretely chilling.