Film
Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
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“Nuns vs. The Vatican” prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.
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Tron: Ares hurries from one spectacular concept and one spectacular set piece to another. But it doesn’t take the time to let any of those remarkable things sink in.
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“Father Mother Sister Brother” invites you into a space of present-ness where you need to slow down and re-set your metabolism. It invites you to tune out all the noise and sit with the silences between people. A daring ask in a digital world where everyone’s glued to their screens the better to pick up the noise.
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Because NYFF’s “Revivals” supplement showcases new restorations, the expectation is that these movies, including art films from around the world, should become more widely available down the road.
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“After the Hunt” churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and Harvey Weinstein).
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This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance
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A trio of political films at TIFF — ranging from tragedy to farce.
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It’s hard to imagine that Hollywood suits would get behind a movie focused on a corrupt political regime, even one that’s now history.
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Director P.T. Anderson’s latest puts up a fight, but it is for a lost cause.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard