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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Tupac biopic's eyez fail it, as the man eludes the movie

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJune 15, 2017Hip hop, biopics, docudramas

Beatriz at Dinner: Class divide rendered clunkily in crayon

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJune 14, 2017Drama, Class struggle, bourgeoisie

Festivals: From Japan to Italy and back, without leaving town

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJune 12, 2017festivals, italian movies, japanese movies, vittorio de sica

Bitter Harvest: No way to treat a Holocaust

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJune 11, 2017Holodomor, Ukraine, genocide, romance

A tense My Cousin Rachel: When suspicion meets misogyny

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJune 8, 2017Victorian, Daphne Du Maurier, murder mystery

Where is the mummy? SHOW ME THE MUMMY!

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJune 8, 2017horror, universal, mummies, monsters

Churchill: Blood, toil, sweat and tedium

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 8, 2017History, War, World War II, Drama

It Comes At Night, a haunting film about fear itself

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 7, 2017horror, race, political allegory, post-apocalypse

Notes: Malice in Wonder Woman-land

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJune 5, 2017Wonder Woman, superheroes, feminism, movie box office

A family-run Chinese bank takes a bullet for Wall Street in Small Enough To Jail

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 2, 2017documentary, bank fraud, Chinese-Americans

Tanna: Romeo and Juliet in penis sheaths and grass skirts

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 2, 2017Polynesia, indigenous films, romance

Ambivalent about an Amazon: Wonder Woman smart amid superhero tropes

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 1, 2017superheroes, feminism, action-adventure, blockbusters

Chinese in chains: A Q&A with Steve James about Abacus: Small Enough To Jail

Steve James (Abacus)

InterviewJune 1, 2017Financial meltdown, Banks, Chinese, documentary

The Lovers cheat, but the movie stays true

By Liam Lacey

ReviewMay 26, 2017divorce, indie films, comedy, drama

Baywatch: A bunch of boobs, not a lot of laughs

By Liam Lacey

ReviewMay 25, 2017gross-out comedies, lifeguards

Depp's phoned-in drunk act runs aground, but Pirates 5 has its moments

By Kim Hughes

ReviewMay 25, 2017Pirates, action-comedy, Depp

Vinterberg's The Commune: Lovers and other Danish strangers

By Karen Gordon

ReviewMay 23, 2017Danish films, Adultery, Repressed emotion

Paris Can Wait: Too light, even for a soufflé

By Jim Slotek

ReviewMay 22, 2017Romance, France, Food, Road trip, TIFF

Certain Women: Lives told in brilliant silences

By Karen Gordon

ReviewMay 19, 2017Indie films, repertory casts, drama