DOCNYC: THE HOME GAME, LUCHA, THE LADY BIRD DIARIES, RIOT REPORT, GRASSHOPPER REPUBLIC
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
I closed out DOCNYC with a long holiday weekend of documentaries, a mad dash to see what I could before the fest wrapped
DOCNYC: ALAN DERSHOWITZ, WHO'S BEHIND BLACK ART, SHARI AND LAMB CHOP, BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
by Daniel Pecoraro, Staff Writer
There’s just so much to cover from DOCNYC, here are four films I saw the first week of the festival.
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Read MoreWISH is a heartwarming fairy tale and tribute to Disney’s past
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Wish is a heartwarming and celebratory confection bursting with deftly handled easter eggs to the studio’s past work.
MAESTRO allows for only a simplistic portrait of a complicated man
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Leonard Bernstein worried about classical music fading out of the culture within his own lifetime, and sadly, Maestro will not even register as any sort of corrective about why his works are important.
CHRISTMAS IN THE MOVIES concisely covers the very best of holiday flicks
by Stacey Osbeck, Staff Writer
Jeremy Arnold’s newly updated book Christmas in the Movies explores these films and more to give a full picture of how we celebrate this spectacular holiday.
NAPOLEON balances the epic and intimate while showing the absurdity of tyrants
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
History is not moved by the vision of great men but by the pettiness of small ones.
THE CARD COUNTER: on floating through it
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
The Card Counter is not an anxious film. Looking at the film through Tell’s eyes, bad odds are taken as a given, so no point in worrying.
Dispatches from the Hatch #11: “You Needed This Place as Much as It Needed You”
by Megan Bailey, Staff Writer
“The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people on that island.”
Read MoreSALTBURN is an uncompelling spectacle
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport & Editor in Chief
Much of the film plays off as “in the moment shock and awe” rather than providing a lasting impression.
JEZABEL brings messy human emotions to nostalgic recollections
By Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
Movies like Jezabel feel like such a gift in a world that has so many big North American blockbusters that barely scratch the surface of human emotion.
THE JESSICA CABIN is a tender queer comedy about life after death
by Joe Carlough, Staff Writer
I could spend all day with the deadpan delivery of Riley Rose Critchlow as the genderqueer spirit Taylor and the frankly hilarious expressions from director/writer Daniel Montgomery’s gay ghost Jackson.
Newly restored THE STRANGLER is a playful, slow burn French giallo
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
If you’re trying to pique my interest in a film, there are few sequences of words that would do better than “early ‘70s unconventional French giallo.”
Noir is the Colour of Asphalt: A Roadmap
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
The canon I’m drawing up today are of those essential noirs that keep it car-centric throughout. Each of these pictures builds its own perception of the motor.
Hell on Earth: War in Cinema – BAND OF BROTHERS
by Billy Russell, Staff Writer
Band of Brothers is a rarity in that it is, in almost conceivable way, superior to Saving Private Ryan—no small feat.
SHARE? is a stripped down thriller about our social media dystopia
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Director Ira Rosensweig uses a fixed camera for the duration of Share?, an absorbing, intriguing drama that questions our social need to be online all the time.
THE MARVELS shines whenever it escapes the gravity of the larger MCU
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The Marvels is a movie that loves its characters, flaws and all, and wants to share that love with the audience.
A HOLIDAY I DO offers a morsel of queerness in a familiar packaging
by M. Lopes da Silva, Staff Writer
A Holiday I Do is the tamest of new holiday traditions, not eggnog but a hint of eggnog aromatherapy candle lingering in the living room.
THE BIG CLOCK mixes "wrong man" thrills with noir nihilism
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The Big Clock, from 1948, opens as a quintessential noir. There is a city skyline seen at night, with black smoke drifting through the frame as the camera pans towards a mid-Century office building.
Toronto After Dark: RESTORE POINT, IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE, DANIEL'S GOTTA DIE, THE DEEP DARK and more
by Billie Anderson, Staff Writer
Toronto After Dark Film Festival is a horror and science-fiction film festival that promises five nights of local and international content for thousands of horror fans every year.