Wild Rose is the best music movie in recent memory
Jessie Buckley gives a career-defining performance as an incredibly talented and incredibly complex aspiring country star in Scotland.
Yesterday is an insult to art and artists
Danny Boyle’s new film isn’t mere nostalgia porn, it’s a minefield of toxic ideas.
The Apollo of Gaza delves into the past to better understand the present
Nicolas Wadimoff’s documentary about the mysterious disappearance of a statue is loaded with intrigue and philosophical inquiry.
Anthology film The Seven Last Words is unified by music and human vulnerability
Seven filmmakers draw inspiration from an 18th century orchestral work based on the last words of Jesus.
Men in Black: International is a joyless Hollywood blockbuster
The latest, most uninspired chapter in the franchise showcases all the worst impulses of modern blockbuster filmmaking and none of its good ones.
The Souvenir nails what it’s like to be trapped in a toxic relationship in your early 20s
Joanna Hogg’s new film, the first in a trilogy, stars Tilda Swinton’s daughter Honor Swinton Byrne in her first film role.
The decadence and decay of the Montreal Grand Prix
As we try to work for a better future, the Grand Prix represents everything we should leave behind.
The Invisibles is just too Hollywood
This documentary about WWII offers a lot of insight, but drowns it in overly-slick filmmaking.
City Dreamers looks at pioneers in architecture
We spoke with Joseph Hillel, whose new documentary focuses on Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Hahn Overlander and Denise Scott Brown, four architects who have shaped the way we look at North American cities.
The Hustle is so meh
This all-female remake makes the merely okay ’80s original seem like a comedy classic.