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In Memoriam Rob Goald (1948-2022)

September 25, 2022

Christopher Llewellyn Reed’s TIFF 2022 Wrap-Up

September 25, 2022

TIFF Review: “Nanny” Proves Pointedly Poignant

September 23, 2022

TIFF Review: The Bromance is Real in “Bros”

September 22, 2022

TIFF Review: Cinematically Striking Treasures of “Corsage” Are Cold to the Touch

September 18, 2022

Film Review: “See How They Run” Tries Too Hard to Mimic the Real Deal

September 15, 2022

TIFF Review: Hawkins Brings “The Lost King” Home

September 15, 2022

TIFF Review: “The Woman King” Earns Her Glory

September 14, 2022

Film Review: “Dreamland: A Storming Area 51 Story” Is a Journey into Idiocy

September 13, 2022

Film Review: “Flight/Risk” Is a Powerful Takedown of Corporate Greed

September 9, 2022

Film Review: “See How They Run” Tries Too Hard to Mimic the Real Deal

September 15, 2022

TIFF Review: Hawkins Brings “The Lost King” Home

September 15, 2022

TIFF Review: “The Woman King” Earns Her Glory

September 14, 2022

Film Review: “Dreamland: A Storming Area 51 Story” Is a Journey into Idiocy

September 13, 2022

Film Review: “Flight/Risk” Is a Powerful Takedown of Corporate Greed

September 9, 2022

Film Review: “Medieval” Delivers More Action and Gore Than Original Story

September 7, 2022

10 Films to See at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival

September 7, 2022

Film Review: “Surrogate” Impresses with Tension and Suspense, Even If Payoff Isn’t Quite As Effective

September 1, 2022

Film Review: “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” Offers Satire with a Sledgehammer

September 1, 2022

Film Review: Strong Third Act Redeems Otherwise Generic Horror-Thriller “Where’s Rose”

August 29, 2022

Christopher Llewellyn Reed’s TIFF 2022 Wrap-Up
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
September 25, 2022
The Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) wrapped a week ago, on September 18, and though I am late to the wrap party, I still want to offer my favs from among what I watched. To take a look at the award-winners, check out the fest website (amazingly, I only saw one of them, While We Watched). If interested, you should also read my TIFF 2022 curtain raiser. It was great to be back in Toronto in person. I love both the festival and the ... >>
TIFF Review: “Nanny” Proves Pointedly Poignant
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
September 23, 2022
Nanny (Nikyatu Jusu, 2022) 3 out of 4 stars. Though Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature, Nanny, sometimes strikes its messaging notes with a heavy hand, the film’s overall design and execution prove mostly mesmerizing. And though the ending rushes through an unspeakable tragedy, inadvertently seeming to minimize its impact, the gravity of the central conflict is never less than intense. Jusu offers a close analysis of the constant hazards faced by ... >>
TIFF Review: Cinematically Striking Treasures of “Corsage” Are Cold to the Touch
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
September 18, 2022
Corsage (Marie Kreutzer, 2022) 2½ out of 4 stars. There is much to admire in director Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, her fanciful take on Empress Elisabeth of Austria’s forty-first year, chief among its cinematic treasures the performance of Vicky Krieps (Bergman Island) in the lead. She plays her part with near-constant rage simmering just below the surface of restrained gentility, portraying a woman angry at her powerless place among the powerful. ... >>
TIFF Review: Hawkins Brings “The Lost King” Home
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
September 15, 2022
The Lost King (Stephen Frears, 2022) 3 out of 4 stars. How much do I love seeing Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) on screen? In role after role, she has demonstrated a remarkable ability to express a range of emotions and has perfected the art of projecting strength through vulnerability. In Stephen Frears’ new film, written, as was his 2013 Philomena, by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, she is marvelously at it again, playing the real-life ... >>
TIFF Review: “The Woman King” Earns Her Glory
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
September 14, 2022
The Woman King (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022) 3 out of 4 stars. Anyone looking for a rousing action-adventure film featuring strong women of color taking a stand against both white supremacy and the patriarchy need look no further than The Woman King, which more than delivers on the promise of its premise. Viola Davis (Widows) stars as Nanisca, leader of the Agojie, an all-female regiment serving the newly installed King Ghezo of Dahomey (John ... >>

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