Nothing wrong with a little kindness. Melancholy humor of a severed friendship from Martin McDonagh, an itinerant donkey in EO, and a true story given the Farrelly treatment.
Author: Josh
TIFF 2022: Glass Onion and Triangle of Sadness eat the rich.
The follies of the wealthy are on full display in two comedy premieres in Toronto. Rian Johnson returns to the Knives Out saga with Glass Onion’s debut and Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness made landfall on North American shores during TIFF 2022.
TIFF 2022: Documenting creativity and social movements of singular figures with All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Moonage Daydream
Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed links the life and art of photographer Nan Goldin to her present-day activism surrounding the opioid epidemic; Brett Morgen contemplates David Bowie as philosopher king in IMAX proportions with Moonage Daydream.
TIFF 2022: Bros and My Policeman take contrasting approaches to gay love stories
Brief reviews of films that made their debuts at the Toronto international film festival: Bros and My Policeman
TIFF 2022: The cinema of dedication with The Eternal Daughter and The Good Nurse
Brief reviews of three films that made their debuts at the Toronto international film festival: TIFF 2022: More Quick Dispatches from Toronto The Eternal Daughter, My Policeman, and The Good Nurse.
TIFF 2022: Quick Reactions from opening weekend in Toronto (Sidney, The Woman King, Butcher’s Crossing)
Quick reviews of Butcher’s Crossing, The Woman King, and Sidney.
Telluride 2022: Aftersun, Close, One Fine Morning
Three stories of loss and longing on the last days of the Telluride Film Festival: Aftersun, Close, and One Fine Morning
Telluride 2022: The Wonder, Bones and All
Two esteemed international directors brought stories of hunger and horror to the Telluride Film Festival in the form of a World Premiere for Sebastián Lelio’s gothic mystery The Wonder and a US premiere for Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story Bones and All
Telluride 2022: Empire of Light and Armageddon Time
The nineteen eighties were in the air at Telluride, with new films from Sam Mendes and James Gray revisiting a tumultuous year of personal histories in England and New York, respectively.
Telluride 2022: Women Talking, Icarus: the Aftermath, and Broker
The opening day of Telluride saw premieres of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Bryan Fogel’s sequel to Icarus, and Kore-eda’s Broker.