Each award season brings frustration as a film that one loves (for any reason) doesn’t make it onto the short list — it gets snubbed. In a sea of talented performances, gifted crew, and dazzling creative leadership, there’s always going… Read More ›
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Dark rom-com “Splitsville” follows a quartet of friends interlocked sexually, metaphysically, and legally.
From Lord Alfred Tennyson’s 1850 poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.,” the lovelorn often quote (or have quoted to them) “I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never… Read More ›
Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of “On Swift Horses” delivers a compelling melodrama.
The beauty of film lies in its ability to evoke a specific era or environment. Whether in a quiet character drama or a large-scale spectacle, film can help transport an audience to a different time. Even if the quality (story,… Read More ›
Coming-of-age film “Bird” captures the drama of needing to grow up too soon. [TIFF]
In what could be described as a movie that lives in the same spiritual world as Daina Oniunas-Pusić’s Tuesday (2023), Andrea Arnold’s Bird, similar in vibes and tonal elements in storytelling, focuses on coming-of-age and growing up faster than needed… Read More ›