TIFF 2021: The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog reaches for powerful connection between its characters, but never really achieves it
TIFF 2021: Nobody Has to Know
Nobody Has to Know is a well crafted and thematically brooding drama
TIFF 2021: Kicking Blood
Kicking Blood is an awkward, low-budget attempt to have fun with genre conventions and the clichés of vampire lore
TIFF 2021: La Soga 2
Manny Perez’s directorial debut is a decent, at best, effort
TIFF 2021: Earwig
This realm of contemplative, abstract, what-the-hell-is-going-on cinema makes it difficult to compare Earwig to other pieces
TIFF 2021: Petite Maman
Petite Maman is a sweet and thoughtful exploration of the love and connection
TIFF 2021: Encounter
Encounter is certainly not a mess, but it confuses its own identity along the way
TIFF 2021: A Banquet
A Banquet delivers a menu of unnerving psychological terror
TIFF 2021: Hold Your Fire
Articulate social commentary without feeling like heavy-handed political spin or finger-wagging
TIFF 2021: Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is an ambitious venture
TIFF 2021: Inexorable
Inexorable is one part haunted house horror and one part erotic thriller
TIFF 2021: Titane
Julia Ducournau’s second film Titane is a daring and insane follow-up to Raw
TIFF 2021: All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows tiptoes the line between disheartening family drama and dark comedy
VENICE 2021: Reflection ‘Відблиск’
Reflection dazzles visually and, for some, will undoubtedly hold something quite poignant and stunning in performance
VENICE 2021: White Building ‘Bodeng Sar’
White Building is a film that perfectly, and quite hauntingly, encapsulates the feeling of isolation and loneliness
VENICE 2021: La Caja
La Caja offers an emotional look into the sins of father and son
Isabel Sandoval: “A lot of minority artists should stop pandering and overexplaining to people”
Nicolò Grasso talks to Isabel Sandoval about her cinematic style, Berlin Venice and Cannes, not conforming to convention and being a beacon of positivity
VENICE 2021: My Night ‘Ma Nuit’
Ma Nuit is an emotionally soothing and delicately produced drama
TIFF 2021: Paka (River of Blood)
Paka (River of Blood) is rich with themes of generational pride and revenge
VENICE 2021: El Gran Movimiento
El Gran Moviemento drips and drips away in an attempt to form cohesion but just ends up spiralling and elongating