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November 8, 2022

AFI Fest 2022: Vibes, by Scott Nye

Vibes are the most elusive object of cinephilic desire. Rarely the stuff of either awards-seekers or ticket-sellers, these movies that drift and wander through a particular groove, which must sustain an entire feature, are not a natural venue for much...

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November 7, 2022

AFI Fest 2022: Trenque Lauquen, by Scott Nye

The first of Trenque Lauqen’s twelve chapters is titled “La Aventura.” Given that, like Antonioni’s classic, director Laura Citarella’s new film concerns the sudden disappearance of a young woman and the people who go looking for her, I can’t imagine...

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October 7, 2022

TIFF 2022: The Umbrella Men, by David Bax

John Barker’s The Umbrella Men is one of those movies the value of which lies more in its specificity–its window into a part of the world rarely glimpsed in international cinema–than in its technical qualities. And I’m not talking about...

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October 6, 2022

TIFF 2022: The Good Nurse, by David Bax

Jessica Chastain may be one of the most technically accomplished actors of the moment, displaying an impeccable control over her face, voice and body. No doubt that’s what won her an Oscar for last year’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye;...

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October 5, 2022

TIFF 2022: Daliland, by David Bax

Mary Harron’s Daliland opens with the classic footage of famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali appearing on a 1952 episode of the game show What’s My Line?, befuddling contestants by answering “yes” to every single question asked about him. It’s an...

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October 4, 2022

TIFF 2022: Sick, by David Bax

We’ve had a lot of “Covid movies” already, even though the pandemic is still an ongoing concern and far from being in our rearview. The movies that have attempted to address it head-on have mostly ranged from middling (the anthology...

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October 3, 2022

TIFF 2022: Saint Omer, by David Bax

Don’t let me get away with pretending I’m enough of an international film historian to understand why the nation of Senegal and its filmmakers have produced so much great work, from Mandabi to Touki Bouki to Hyènes to a recent...

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September 30, 2022

TIFF 2022: Chevalier, by David Bax

My only fear, when it comes time for people to get a chance to see Stephen Williams‘ exuberant, electrifying Chevalier (the first thing he’s directed that wasn’t meant for television in 25 years), is that they will be given cause...

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September 29, 2022

TIFF 2022: Allelujah, by David Bax

It’s almost immediately apparent that Richard Eyre‘s Allelujah is going to be a bad movie. No good movie has ever started with one of those plucky, plinky scores you hear in stuff that’s made for television or for a Christian...

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September 28, 2022

TIFF 2022: The Eternal Daughter, by David Bax

In Joanna Hogg‘s previous feature, the two-part The Souvenir, Tilda Swinton played mother to her real life daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne. Now, with The Eternal Daughter, she’s reunited with Hogg to play both roles, a middle-aged film director named Julie...

Category: reviews

AFI Fest 2022: Vibes, by Scott Nye

AFI Fest 2022: Trenque Lauquen, by Scott Nye

TIFF 2022: The Umbrella Men, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: The Good Nurse, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Daliland, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Sick, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Saint Omer, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Chevalier, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: Allelujah, by David Bax

TIFF 2022: The Eternal Daughter, by David Bax

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