Reviews
Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ Offers a Colorful, Romantic Adaptation of the Classic Novel
The Unbridled Joy of David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’
Shorts Stack: A Drug Drop-Off Gone Bad and a Stepford Pitch Meeting
A lot of these new shorts struck me with their sheer intensity. There's profound loneliness and strong emotional beats. Many...
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Review – Sorkin Proves He Can Also Direct
Aaron Sorkin has delivered a fast paced, highly entertaining film about the "theater as trial" of the Chicago 7. They...
The Social Dilemma Makes the Case That We’re Being Driven Insane by Algorithms
I've been online since 1994. That was before there was even a working web, for the most part. That open...
Netflix’s ‘The Boys in the Band’ is One Hell of a Party
Toronto Dispatch – True Mothers
As this year’s TIFF nears its end, we’re treated to more titles that received the Cannes 2020 label and officially...
Toronto Dispatch – Fauna / The Best Is Yet to Come
My favorite thing about watching films at film festivals is the variety. You may watch one that spends two hours...
Toronto Dispatch – Spring Blossom
God bless the French for making so many movies about love. The good kind of love, the bad kind of...
Luca Guadagnino’s ‘We Are Who We Are’ Is a Gorgeous Coming-of-Age Tale
Toronto Dispatch – Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time / Shiva Baby
One of the great joys of covering film festivals is the discovery of talents, the sense of being struck by...
Toronto Dispatch – Nomadland
One of the most hotly anticipated films of this festival season finally premiered today. Written for the screen, directed and...
Toronto Dispatch – The Disciple
Being a longtime admirer, it’s a particular thrill for me to receive accreditation to cover the Toronto International Film Festival...
Venice Dispatch – Apples
Plot twist: We’ve been able to see one more film from the official selection of the 77th Venice Film Festival...
Venice Dispatch – Topside
Full disclosure: I’m not in Venice. The organizers’ commitment to holding a “physical” (still hating that description) edition of the...
Venice Dispatch – In Between Dying
Before chance and circumstance turned the Venice Film Festival into a full-blown Oscar campaign stop where the likes of JOKER,...
