Author: Joe Li

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Claire Denis as a filmmaker and an artist. Given her pedigree and the films she's made, who wouldn't? So I was…

I decided to watch this knowing nothing about director Sergei Loznitsa's previous work. It had gotten some buzz at Cannes when it premiered there, and it received rave reviews from…

I saw The Brutalist during last year's TIFF in 70mm which was quite the treat, so when they announced there was another movie involving the same duo but with Mona…

It's not too often that you get slow cinema that feels this grand and epic in scope. Such is the case with Magellan, which admittedly is my first experience with…

Mythical and epic is how I would describe this new take on the Frankenstein story by none other than Guillermo del Toro. Massive set pieces, grand costumes and even a…

There was some buzz for Nino when it first premiered at Cannes, so I knew I wanted to prioritize this when it was first announced at TIFF. In many ways…

What made Riders of Justice good was its understated approach to characterization. The backstory of the characters of Markus and his fellow crew do not need to be explicitly stated…

I was intrigued by the reception this film was getting at Cannes, so I decided to grab a ticket. I also heard the name Tarkovsky being thrown around in regards…

Just some additional thoughts I have about a few of the short films that were screened at this particular programme: Land of Barbar This reminded me of such films like The…

If Bait was about a fishing town's struggle between giving in to potential economic opportunities versus the loss of a fishing tradition and a man's struggle to reconcile with the…