LFF 2021: Homefront ‘Hinterland’
Hinterland explores the crisis of a lost generation
LFF 2021: Flee
Flee is a poignant, brooding and enlightening journey
TIFF 2021: Quickening
Quickening is an extraordinarily confident telling of a story about a young Pakistani-Canadian woman struggling with identity
LFF 2021: Spencer
Ghostly places and faces conquer and horror the audience in Pablo Larrain’s haunted house spectacle Spencer
LFF 2021: The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch is a clear case of self-interested ego
VIFF 2021: Benediction
Benediction will be adored by fans of the auteurs' previous work and for those in need of an unconventional biopic
LFF 2021: Brother’s Keeper
Brother's Keeper is a dark and often emotively brooding drama
LFF 2021: The Taking
Alexandre O Philippe's The Taking is an immersive and educational experience
TIFF 2021: Flee
Flee is as poignant as it is harrowing
TIFF 2021: Burning
Burning does not educate, articulate, or resonate in any particular way that is powerful
TIFF 2021: The Rescue
The Rescue does amazing emotional work
TIFF 2021: You Are Not My Mother
You Are Not My Mother features adequate visuals, but it never latches onto any meaningful iconography
TIFF 2021: Anatolian Leopard
Anatolian Leopard is filled with mood, albeit the consistent, steady mood of a rather un-relatable and tiring old man
TIFF 2021: OUT OF SYNC
Despite that compelling hook, the OUT OF SYNC script is a bit of a lost cause
LFF 2021: Mothers of the Revolution
Mothers of the Revolution is a well-executed and produced documentary
LFF 2021: The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall is an immersive and consistently entertaining thrill ride
TIFF 2021: Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is his most personal and sweet film to date
TIFF 2021: Oscar Peterson: Black + White
A fitting tribute to the piano virtuoso, perfectly capturing how his music and Peterson himself became so beloved
TIFF 2021: Medusa
Any poignancy in the social commentary is lost in Medusa’s shaky efforts to balance its character arcs
TIFF 2021: Terrorizers
Terrorizers is an impressive modern thriller

