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  • TIFF 2020: The Kid Detective, Holler, Monday

    by - Sep 14, 2020
    There’s a section of this year’s TIFF that’s not open to the public at limited capacity screenings in the city of Toronto or even online in this year’s virtual edition. Much of Toronto’s program every year...
  • TIFF 2020: No Ordinary Man, MLK/FBI, The Boy from Medellin

    by - Sep 13, 2020
    The documentary section at Toronto has always been one of its strongest, and films selected for this year’s largely virtual version feel like they’re addressing modern concerns of the world, including works about Greta Thunberg, COVID...
  • Nomadland

    by - Sep 12, 2020
    Fern (Frances McDormand) is grieving a life that’s been ripped away from her. It seems like she was relatively happy in Empire, Nevada, one of those many American small towns built around industry. When the gypsum...
  • Diana Rigg: 1938-2020

    by - Sep 12, 2020
    What do James Bond, John Steed, Hercule Poirot, Tywin Lannister, Henry Higgins and Miss Piggy have in common? They have all shared space with characters portrayed by Dame Diana Rigg. In the case of Mr. Steed,...
  • Ammonite

    by - Sep 12, 2020
    A woman walks across a rocky shore on an overcast day. The mud under her feet and the crashing waves set a tone for a film that’s deeply sensorial and often routine about the drudgery of...
  • Venice Film Festival 2020: In Between Dying, The Best is Yet to Come, Topside

    by - Sep 11, 2020
    My first virtual dispatch from the largely online Venice Film Festival was a remarkable 3-for-3 with the excellent “Dear Comrades” anchoring the feature alongside two other solid films. My second and final (most of our fest...
  • TIFF 2020: One Night in Miami, Penguin Bloom, Under the Open Sky

    by - Sep 11, 2020
    In another world, Regina King is being escorted around Toronto right now, basking in the glow of the rave reviews for her directorial debut out of Venice and from the opening night of last night’s TIFF....
  • Unpregnant

    by - Sep 11, 2020
    “Unpregnant” has a plot that could fuel a week of apoplectic segments on Fox News Channel. In Missouri, a 17-year-old high school student named Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) gets pregnant by her boyfriend, despite being a conscientious...
  • Mr. Soul! Extended in Virtual Theaters Through September 24th

    by - Sep 11, 2020
    Melissa Haizlip’s award-winning documentary, “Mr. Soul!”, which opened in over 50 cinemas across the nation last month and expanded to 87 virtual cinemas, has had it’s run extended through Thursday, September 24th (click here for the full list of...
  • HBO’s The Third Day is Ambitious Psychological Horror

    by - Sep 10, 2020
    HBO’s new miniseries “The Third Day” sucks you into its tale of a British cult by ways small and massive—you instantly feel for the anguish of its impulsive, naive outsiders, played by Jude Law and later...