Shia Labeouf and the Sundance Kid
This buddy comedy starring Shia Labeouf and actor with Down Syndrome Zack Gottsagen is heavy on the Sundance clichés, but it works.
Kit Harington gets autobiographical in the new Xavier Dolan film
The actor you may know as Jon Snow on playing a very close-to-home lead in Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.
Angel Has Fallen punches the clock for a third turd
The Gerard Butler-starring franchise is getting pretty long in the tooth – but that might actually be the most interesting thing about it.
Xavier Dolan discusses the death and life of his new film
We spoke to Dolan at TIFF 2018 about his English-language debut, finally being released this month after a bad time on the festival circuit.
Ready or Not needed a few more minutes
Though it’s ostensibly about the rich hunting the poor, this horror movie’s satirical bite is practically non-existent.
Luce spins a story of race and privilege into a tense thriller
Director Julius Onah on careful casting and using the cinematic language of horror to craft a complex and compelling film.
Richard Linklater’s new movie never finds itself
Cate Blanchett stars in Where’d You Go, Bernadette, a peek into the weird world of privileged eccentrics.
Blinded by the Light has faith in the Boss
Gurinder Chadha’s adaptation of Sarfraz Manzoor’s autobiographical book about his love of Bruce Springsteen is corny, obvious… and extremely effective.
Growing up at the end of the world
Casey Affleck’s directorial debut Light of My Life – about a world where most women have been killed by a plague – covers familiar territory in a confident way.
Jeune Juliette is a teen movie about a specifically universal experience
Characters shine in Anne Émond’s fourth feature, a winsome and cynicism-free teen comedy.