Philomena arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival from its world premiere Venice waving a flag that read “crowd-pleasing,” and that can be a scary pr...
In a film festival climate which often seeks to grab attention through comparison -- "it’s this year’s that," or, just as often, "it’s this meets that" -- we, o...
After delivering one of the most striking, effective films of the last few years with The Arbor, director Clio Barnard has returned with a new drama, which ...
Prisoners might be the most shockingly dark studio release since Fight Club, a grim, unsettling, occasionally convoluted, but undeniably gripping thriller. The ...
If anyone asked if Jason Reitman was truly a great director or, rather, someone with excellent luck in choosing projects -- I remember thinking his Best Directo...
After finding a glut of recent work in television, it's good to see writer-director Richard Shepard back in theaters with Dom Hemingway. As a big fan of both Th...
It can be said that emerging writer-director Ti West sets a certain expectation, making what some consider to be "anti-horror" films. There's been the '80s feti...
The Finishers is a wonderful, crowd-pleasing tearjerker from director Nils Tavernier, inspired by the real-life Hoyt family from Holland, MA. Fabien Héraud star...
Starring Toni Collette and directed by Megan Griffiths, Lucky Them is a strong character study centered around a Seattle rarely seen on film: infused with the h...
With over 30 reviews, our Toronto International Film Festival 2013 coverage is winding down, but there's still more to come. Today, however, as the festival...
