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The special, just 30 minutes long, is bracing in its skepticism and hard-shelled, morbidly funny about the mess we're all in now.
Posted Jan 27, 2022
2
Rifkin's Festival (2022)
3
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? is a true magic act, intimate and massive at the same time.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
4
Definition Please (2020)
It's an intimate film that defies expectations in small ways.
Posted Jan 20, 2022
5
Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021)
A terrific and eye-opening documentary and an amendment to misconceptions.
Posted Jan 18, 2022
6
A Hero (2022)
Farhadi wrings two magnificently raw performances from both actors, providing A Hero with its one and only honest truth.
Posted Jan 17, 2022
7
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
8
Portrayal (2020)
It's a fabulous story about coming to terms with what our forefathers did and why they did it.
Posted Jan 7, 2022
9
The 355 (2022)
I was pleasantly entertained watching these chicks wheel around and elbow men in the throat, especially Kruger, who obviously could kill me without breaking a sweat.
Posted Jan 6, 2022
10
The Tender Bar (2021)
11
A Journal for Jordan (2021)
Feels particularly dated and often times emotionally cloying.
Posted Dec 23, 2021
12
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
If 2021 is going to end like ... this ... then I can think of no better a blockbuster to cap things off than The Matrix Resurrections.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
13
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
It is a small, wicked wonder that it took this long for a Coen brother to make Macbeth.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
14
Sing 2 (2021)
If you're looking for some lighthearted distraction from the worries of the world right now... give Sing 2 a shot.
Posted Dec 20, 2021
15
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Kidman's casting might not be the move that some anticipated, but it is the move that Ball's legacy deserves. The trouble is that the film Kidman signed on for is not quite there.
Posted Dec 20, 2021
16
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Watch the best film of 2021 wherever and whenever you can, and be thankful there is still plenty of beauty in this world to go 'round.
Posted Dec 20, 2021
17
Writing with Fire (2021)
I'm fascinated by these women who cover dangerous ground - treading centuries of patriarchy and caste prejudice with measure and grace. I can't wait to meet them in real life.
Posted Dec 16, 2021
18
The Lost Daughter (2021)
Gyllenhaal isn't interested in judgment, only truth. Every decision she makes is exactly the right one.
Posted Dec 16, 2021
19
The King's Man (2021)
It is never boring, but it is also never remotely consistent in its sensibilities and vision.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
20
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home is both a gigantic act of franchise-mad hubris and a ridiculous amount of fun.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
21
Red Rocket (2021)
There is a sincerity here that sticks.
Posted Dec 14, 2021
22
Nightmare Alley (2021)
It is as effective a nightmare as Del Toro has ever conjured.
Posted Dec 13, 2021
23
Agnes (2021)
Constantly surprises and entertains throughout.
Posted Dec 9, 2021
24
Don't Look Up (2021)
The film's conceit could be sharply effective, in careful hands. But McKay knows only of punching down with meaty fists, so the result is a messy, smarmy assault.
Posted Dec 7, 2021
25
No Sudden Move (2020)
Praise Soderbergh, and pass the ammunition.
Posted Dec 6, 2021
26
The Gig is Up (2021)
A disturbing look at the gig economy on four continents. It's a punchy and anger-inciting doc by Shannon Walsh
Posted Dec 3, 2021
27
West Side Story (2021)
28
The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
Hogg captures something I've felt acutely as a female filmmaker: a desperate need for everyone to like you, which eliminates any possibility of their respect.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
29
Wolf (2021)
More an extreme theatre-school exercise than a substantive act of filmmaking, the new drama Wolf is one wild, rabid mess.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
30
The Hand of God is a sprawling, gorgeous mess, but one you can't look away from - and it might just break your heart.
Posted Nov 30, 2021
31
Pharma Bro (2021)
There isn't enough in the film about the issue of drug pricing - but it says enough to underline the difference between us here in Canada, and our neighbours to the south.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
32
Benedetta (2021)
While Benedetta the woman may have been touched by Heaven or cursed from Hell or neither, Benedetta the film is undoubtedly a miracle.
Posted Nov 29, 2021
33
House of Gucci (2021)
It is, at times, nakedly and bewilderingly bad - but you have to admire Scott's energy.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
34
The Unforgivable (2021)
Drawn, taut and nearly silent, Bullock convincingly creates a shell of wariness and self-protection, and then gradually lets it crack.
Posted Nov 24, 2021
35
An almost profound act of high-wire lampoonery that deserves to be seen and debated far and wide.
Posted Nov 23, 2021
36
C'mon C'mon (2021)
[Phoenix] makes the entire endeavour worthwhile, but substitute any other performer in the role, and the film would crumble completely.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
37
Julia (2021)
Lots of footage from her earliest PBS shows in the 1960s plus luscious recreations of such staples as boeuf bourguignon and pear tart make for irresistible viewing.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
38
Drive My Car (2021)
Allow me to make a radical suggestion: The one film that demands to be seen on a big screen this year is a tiny little three-hour Japanese drama about grief, love and Chekhov.
Posted Nov 22, 2021
39
His work as a master carver is stunning, his life was full of strange turns, and his wit and storytelling come alive in this program.
Posted Nov 19, 2021
40
King Richard (2021)
Smith elevates a standard-issue sports-drama into the stratosphere of sky-high entertainment.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
41
Bruised (2021)
As a director, Berry provides the true emotional punches that the film otherwise pulls.
Posted Nov 18, 2021
42
Drunken Birds (2021)
43
tick, tick...Boom! (2021)
Tick, Tick ... Boom! is going to knock you flat on your Broadway-loving butt.
Posted Nov 16, 2021
44
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
It is a gigantic, perverse admission of defeat.
Posted Nov 15, 2021
45
Encanto (2021)
Encanto ends up being overwrought rather than enchanting.
Posted Nov 15, 2021
46
Fight to the Finish (2020)
47
Belfast (2021)
The film is not a masterpiece, but a memory box. Comforting, inviting, and one you won't mind keeping close.
Posted Nov 8, 2021
48
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
49
The Dissident (2020)
50