The attempted rumination of grief is so simple that it's utterly unequipped to explore its themes or even be a serviceable horror film.
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NIGHTSTREAM film review: 'Anything for Jackson'
When a loved one declares 'I would do anything for you,' well, this deadpan horror comedy takes that sentiment to its hilarious and dark extreme.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'American Utopia'
This theatrical concert film marries David Byrne's music with subversive performance art as it envisions a hopeful tomorrow.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Passion Simple'
A single mother keeps romantic love at arm's length, even if her ephemeral trysts slowly preoccupies more and more of her life.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Another Round'
The director and the star of the searing drama 'The Hunt' reunite for this alcohol-soaked Danish drama.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'The Way I See It'
In creating the portrait of a statesman, this documentary informs what a statesman, leader and American president should look like.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Shadow in the Cloud'
This rollicking action-thriller combines the horror of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with the mayhem of a World War II-era dog fight gone wrong.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Enemies of the State'
Unfolding like a crime mystery, this documentary takes bizarre turn after bizarre turn as it tells the story of man targeted by the U.S. government.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds'
Werner Herzog’s latest explores how alien objects have shaped human culture, science and mythology for millions and billions of years.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Underplayed'
Think fast: name the first 5 female electronic dance music artist that come to mind.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'City Hall'
Save yourself 4 and a half hours and just watch your local city council meeting.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Concrete Cowboy'
Part coming-of-age drama, part eye-opening look at an intriguing subculture and part urban gentrification critique, this film tries to wear a few too many hats when it should just wear a Stetson.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Good Joe Bell'
Mark Wahlberg gives a career-best performance as a father struggling with the intense guilt of failing his son in this biographical drama.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'New Order'
This is the one percent's worst nightmare.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'The Kid Detective'
In case you ever wondering what Encyclopedia Brown would look like as a weathered, embittered middle-aged man, it would look something like this dramedy, noir-mystery.
TIFF 2020 film review: '76 Days'
To watch this unprecedented and raw documentary is to relive the COVID-19 pandemic's traumatic, earliest days.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Beans'
Set against a real-life conflict between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government, this coming-of-age drama is a First Nations story told by First Nations storytellers.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Monday'
If the conventional formula for romance is a meet-cute that leads to romance and ends with a kiss, this romantic drama flips the tried-and-true formula on its head.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Pieces of a Woman'
This heartbreaking drama finds a couple reeling from an insurmountable tragedy.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Inconvenient Indian'
Indigenous history is almost exclusively examined in the total past tense, as if extinct. But this clear-eyed documentary examines what it means to be an Indigenous person living in the modern world.