Carson Timar 10/13/21 Carson Timar 10/13/21

Lamb

Lamb has potential but never solidifies anything worthwhile or meaningful

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

VIFF 2021: Bergman Island

There is a tender and thoughtful parade inside Mia Hansen-Løve's Bergman Island

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

LFF 2021: Homefront ‘Hinterland’

Hinterland explores the crisis of a lost generation

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

LFF 2021: Flee

Flee is a poignant, brooding and enlightening journey

Randy Burrows 10/13/21 Randy Burrows 10/13/21

TIFF 2021: Quickening

Quickening is an extraordinarily confident telling of a story about a young Pakistani-Canadian woman struggling with identity

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

LFF 2021: Spencer

Ghostly places and faces conquer and horror the audience in Pablo Larrain’s haunted house spectacle Spencer

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

LFF 2021: The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch is a clear case of self-interested ego

Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/13/21

VIFF 2021: Benediction

Benediction will be adored by fans of the auteurs' previous work and for those in need of an unconventional biopic

Nicolò Grasso 10/13/21 Nicolò Grasso 10/13/21

Titane

Julia Ducournau crafts a film in Titane that is intoxicating to watch

Maxance Vincent 10/12/21 Maxance Vincent 10/12/21

The Many Saints of Newark

The Many Saints of Newark barely scratches the surface on who truly made Tony Soprano

Jak Luke Sharp 10/12/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/12/21

LFF 2021: Brother’s Keeper

Brother's Keeper is a dark and often emotively brooding drama

Jak Luke Sharp 10/12/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/12/21

LFF 2021: The Taking

Alexandre O Philippe's The Taking is an immersive and educational experience

Randy Burrows 10/12/21 Randy Burrows 10/12/21

TIFF 2021: Flee

Flee is as poignant as it is harrowing

Randy Burrows 10/12/21 Randy Burrows 10/12/21

TIFF 2021: Burning

Burning does not educate, articulate, or resonate in any particular way that is powerful

Randy Burrows 10/12/21 Randy Burrows 10/12/21

TIFF 2021: The Rescue

The Rescue does amazing emotional work

Randy Burrows 10/11/21 Randy Burrows 10/11/21

TIFF 2021: You Are Not My Mother

You Are Not My Mother features adequate visuals, but it never latches onto any meaningful iconography

Randy Burrows 10/11/21 Randy Burrows 10/11/21

TIFF 2021: Anatolian Leopard

Anatolian Leopard is filled with mood, albeit the consistent, steady mood of a rather un-relatable and tiring old man

Randy Burrows 10/11/21 Randy Burrows 10/11/21

TIFF 2021: OUT OF SYNC

Despite that compelling hook, the OUT OF SYNC script is a bit of a lost cause

Jak Luke Sharp 10/11/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/11/21

LFF 2021: Mothers of the Revolution

Mothers of the Revolution is a well-executed and produced documentary

Jak Luke Sharp 10/9/21 Jak Luke Sharp 10/9/21

LFF 2021: The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall is an immersive and consistently entertaining thrill ride