Still the Water (Kawase, 2014)
In a film filled with contrasts, finding quiet by traveling into the eye of the storm is a central paradox.
In a film filled with contrasts, finding quiet by traveling into the eye of the storm is a central paradox.
I love art, including music. My life has been enriched by it. But I will never, ever, think of a song or a novel or a film, however brilliant, as a fair trade for someone else's suffering.
The Imitation Game can't decide if it wants to be about Alan Turing's life or his work, so it does a little of both, neither particularly well.
A video review of Backcountry, which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Nearly everything in the lead up to The Sound and the Fury's (★★★) North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival screamed to me to run the other way.
An entertaining update on Madame Bovary, adapted from Posy Simmonds's graphic novel.
The Toronto International Film Festival starts later this week. Here are five films we're looking forward to reviewing....