The revelation that purple-suited witch Agatha Harkness was the secret antagonist of “WandaVision” was a pleasantly surprising twist for the…
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The notion of a Batman show without the Batman is nothing new—we’re decades now into a bevy of largely unsuccessful…
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There’s something twisty in the air. There were a number of films at TIFF this year that were designed to…
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In my final dispatch from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I watched three films about families in crisis. In…
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Honestly, I wish I could carve out time for more documentaries at TIFF. With over 200 films, it’s a massive…
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At first glance, it would seem that Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her soon-to-be brother-in-law Julius (Jacob Elordi) might be harboring…
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Don’t go into “How to Die Alone” expecting a laugh a minute. There are jokes, to be sure, and star…
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When Lisa Taddeo’s non-fiction book “Three Women” hit shelves back in 2019, it became an immediate hit. Featuring the intimate…
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With over two hundred films programmed at TIFF, you notice recurring thematic and narrative patterns. For this dispatch of films,…
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You have to feel at least a little bit bad for “Shell,” purely on the basis of timing; this is…
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