#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]

#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]

“#‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers a Career-Best Performance in a Tragedy That Never Comes Together [TIFF 2020]” How do we begin to put ourselves back together after everything falls apart? After our hopes and dreams suddenly go up in smoke? That’s the sort of question that lies at the heart of the…

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#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]

#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]

“#‘New Order’ Review: This Class Conflict Makes ‘Parasite’ Look Tame [TIFF 2020]” Class conflict in cinema is nothing new. Though after Bong Joon-ho’s Best Picture-winning Parasite became a global phenomenon, there’s perhaps never been a more receptive audience for films depicting a breakdown of unsustainable social contracts. (The ever-growing chasm of worldwide economic inequality unfortunately…

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#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]

#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]

“#‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand is Sublime in Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020]” “I’m not homeless. I’m houseless.” So says Fern (Frances McDormand), the nomad at the center of Chloé Zhao‘s achingly beautiful Nomadland. Fern lives in her van now, but once, she was a resident of Empire, Nevada – a town that simply ceased to exist…

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#‘The Third Day’ Review: An Okay Horror Movie and Its Subpar Sequel Crammed Together Into a Miniseries [TIFF 2020]

#‘The Third Day’ Review: An Okay Horror Movie and Its Subpar Sequel Crammed Together Into a Miniseries [TIFF 2020]

“#‘The Third Day’ Review: An Okay Horror Movie and Its Subpar Sequel Crammed Together Into a Miniseries [TIFF 2020]” If a mysterious, suicidal girl invites you to her mysterious, secluded town, it’s probably wise to say “Thanks, but no thanks.” Sadly, that doesn’t occur to Jude Law in The Third Day. Law plays Sam, a grief-stricken…

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#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

“#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]” Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke all check into a motel room. It’s almost hard to imagine such legends sharing the same space, but of course, they…

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#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

“#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]” “Thanks for leaving your house,” David Byrne tells the audience at the start of David Byrne’s American Utopia. He couldn’t have realized it at the time, but the statement is surreal now. This is the opening night film of…

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