Joyride: Olivia Colman’s Irish Road Movie Offers Outsize Charm
Ali & Ava: Low-Key Love Story Eyeballs Racism, Embraces Happy Romantic Accidents
Fatherhood: Kevin Hart Struggles with Grief, Baby… and Collapsible Strollers
ReviewJim SlotekFatherhood, Paul Weitz, Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Memoir adaptation, Single dad, Melody Hurd, Dramedy, Netflix, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Lil Rel Howery, Paul Reiser, Family drama
Baby Done: Kiwi Pregnancy Comedy Cradles the Genre’s Clichés
Review, PreviewJim SlotekBaby Done, Films abour pregnancy, Taika Waititi, Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Curtis Vowell, Sarah Henderson, New Zealand, Comedy, Dramedy
The Legend of Baron To’a: Fun Kiwi Dramedy-Slash-Throwdown Offers Blood-Free Charms
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Legend of Baron To’a, Dramedy, Comedy, Wrestling, Kiel McNaughton, indigenous films, imagineNATIVE, Uli Latukefu, Nathaniel Lees, John Tui
The Climb: Comedic Story of Mad, Enduring Friendship Buoyed by Reality
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Climb, Buddy comedy, Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, George Wendt, Comedy, Dramedy, TIFF 2019, Toxic Masculinity
The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci sets aside savage cynicism, for warm mockery that amounts to homage
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Personal History of David Copperfield, TIFF 2019, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Dickens, Literary adaptation, Whimsical, Comedy, Dramedy, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong
Judy & Punch: Fearlessly Dark Fable Powered by Puppets, Performance… and Fearsome Payback
ReviewMirrah Foulkes, Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Judy & Punch, Medieval, Black comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Puppets, Marionettes, Vice
Military Wives: Formulaic Dramedy from Full Monty Director Pleasant but Dull
Tammy’s Always Dying: Hamilton-Shot Dramedy Explores Filial Love in a Time of Crisis
ReviewTammy's Always Dying, Amy Jo Johnson, Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Clark Johnson, TIFF 2019, Hamilton, Canadian movies, Toronto, Dramedy, Black comedy
Sometimes Always Never: British Dramedy Aims to Please, Occasionally Succeeds
ReviewSometimes Always Never, Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Carl Hunter, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny, Louis Healy, British, Dra, Dramedy
The Art of Self-Defense: Strange Dramedy Connects Dots between Bros and Blows
ReviewThe Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Toxic Masculinity, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Cult Film
Yesterday: Novel Premise Elevates Director Danny Boyle’s Beatles-Loving Dramedy
ReviewYesterday, Danny Boyle, The Beatles, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Ed Sheeran\, Himesh Patel, Music, Dramedy, Comedy
Wild Rose: Heartwarming Tale Persuasively Tallies the Price of Chasing Dreams
All Is True: Watchable Shakespeare Tale Pretty Much Based On Conjecture
Opening This Week: Searing Dramedy (All About Nina), Breathtaking Doc (Free Solo)
ReviewMary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, Beau Bridges, All About Nina, Dramedy, Comedy, MeToo, Free Solo, Documentary, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, TIFF 2018, Tommy Caldwell
Mary Goes Round: Dazzling Debut Feature Paints Alcoholism with Soft Brush
Gringo: Star-Studded Caper Dramedy Is A Mess… But a Fun One
Dim the Fluorescents: And You Thought Your Office Had Heavy Drama…
