Toronto Film Review: ‘Omertà’
While you're watching it, Mehta's freely imagined biopic provides a fascinating Rorschach of a figure who is—unfortunately—truly a man for our times.
Dennis Harvey
Toronto Film Review: ‘Soldiers. Story From Ferentari’
A likably ramshackle, seemingly semi-improvised "free adaptation" of co-scenarist/star Adrian Schiop's semi-autobiographical novel about his experiences in Bucharest's impoverished Roma slum.
Film Review: ‘The Motive’
There's an undeniable lurid pull to this premise, but director Manuel Martin Cuena's neutral tone does little to maximize the story's black comedy or suspense.
Toronto Film Review: ‘The Journey’
Couches its fictive terrorist's mission within a panoply of train-station humanity that is at times strongly reminiscent of vintage neo-realist "slices of life."
Toronto Film Review: ‘Journey’s End’
Dibbs' movie is more realistic in gritty presentation than earlier incarnations, but otherwise no attempt has been made to "modernize" the material with harsher language or gore.
Toronto Film Review: ‘Jane’
The rediscovered 16mm material is shaped to re-tell a remarkable life story in terms greatly benefitting from the trust the cameraman had achieved with his subjects--chimps as well as spouse.
Toronto Film Review: ‘The Lodgers’
Twins are trapped in the family manse by a curse in this Ireland-set period Gothic tale.
Toronto Film Review: ‘Sheikh Jackson’
Egypt's Oscar submission feature dangles something fun, only to deliver something sober, neither angle well-realized enough to make a satisfying whole.
Toronto Film Review: ‘Breath’
There are plenty of good documentaries, but very few good dramas about surfing--a short list on which "Breath" instantly earns a prominent spot.
Toronto Film Review: ‘Mary Goes Round’
Molly McGlynn's somewhat autobiographically inspired debut feature successfully blends drama and humor in a way that skirts pat dramedy.
Film Review: ‘Wetlands’
Torpid even at its most ludicrous, "Wetlands" isn't bad in a fun way. It has aspirations—which act like weed killer on any pleasure its more lurid aspects might generate.
