John Lynn circumnavigates the world in Lav Diaz's MAGELLAN, a gorgeous, hypnotic, and contemplative epic about conquest, conversion, mythmaking, and family #NYFF63buff.ly/L7XEATL
John Lynn finds something rare in Masao Adachi's ESCAPE, a film about the erosion of conviction under the weight of time, and one that insists revolution is not a historical event but a lifelong condition #NYFF63buff.ly/1QOIfxb
John Lynn develops a fear of water in Milagros Mumenthaler's THE CURRENTS, a film with Hitchcockian tension and hypnotic, dream-like rhythm #NYFF63buff.ly/pUfLdQy
John Lynn explores the realities of queer life in Lucio Castro's DRUNKEN NOODLES, a film about the moments that don’t have closure, the friends and lovers who drift in and out of our lives, and about how memory holds them all #NYFF63buff.ly/Sw407nF
Milani Perera drives the backroads of Iran in Hassan Nazer's WITHOUT PERMISSION, a film that proves that when you're not allowed to speak, sometimes the only way forward is to film in secret and hope the world is listening #BIFF2025buff.ly/t4qGRTJ
Matilda Hague sees masks slip in Hong Sang-soo's WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU?, a film whose visual approach deliberately blurs cultural detail into something recognizably human: the comedy, and the terror, of being seen #NYFF63buff.ly/QWWrlzL
Matthew Joseph Jenner is profoundly moved by Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE, a film that never abates in its willingness to challenge conventions through its subtle, poetic approach to the human condition #NYFF63buff.ly/tYRNwbO
John Lynn kicks a ball in Alexandre Koberidze's singular DRY LEAF, a meditative, beautiful, and deeply moving film about the unpredictability of life, the changes of culture, and the persistence of play #NYFF63buff.ly/QZGhH0y
Marc van de Klashorst enjoys the rollercoaster ride that is Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, a film that makes light of a serious issue, while lacking the satirical bite to make the audience look past the laughter buff.ly/ErxmKij
John Lynn hangs with the animals in Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani's BOUCHRA, one of the most intimate and political animations of the year that insists on new forms and a new cinematic language #NYFF63buff.ly/A1uOkUj
Matthew Joseph Jenner clucks his way through György Pálfi's HEN, the sincerity of which is the strongest reason why the film is so endearing #73SSIFFbuff.ly/hZpbehq
Walter Neto goes to summer camp in Emilie Thalund's WEIGHTLESS, a film that circles around the idea that a body deemed undesirable is still a body full of desire #73SSIFFbuff.ly/2idUcMd
John Lynn analyzes the human soul in Eugène Green's THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, premiering @fantasticfest, and says it's another essential chapter in one of contemporary cinema’s most spiritual and singular oeuvres buff.ly/MWJit0b
John Lynn wonders what happens when rehabilitation becomes indistinguishable from submission in Goran Stanković's OUR FATHER, an unsettling, provocative, and ambiguous film that lingers #TIFF50buff.ly/rm3FuMB
Matthew Joseph Jenner balances on the boundary between passion and madness in John Skoog's REDOUBT, a quiet meditation on existence that is both intimate and sprawling in vision and execution #73SSIFFbuff.ly/UCeP0Cy
Abby Laing goes to St. Tropez in Joachim Lafosse's latest, SIX DAYS IN SPRING, an amiable drama saved by its ensemble's naturalistic performances that give the film much of its charm #73SSIFFbuff.ly/2TamSlg
Marc van de Klashorst finds out the grass isn't always greener on the other side in Frederik Sølberg's HANA KOREA, a muted Korean drama that tackles its subject matter with an almost touching sincerity #BIFF2025buff.ly/W8hxYQf
Marc van de Klashorst shifts between identities in Lucía Aleñar Iglesias' impressive debut FORASTERA, a blend between coming-of-age drama and ghost story that goes in unexpected and exciting directions once it has ensnared you #TIFF50buff.ly/PFehbez
John Lynn tries to get into the rhythm of Valentyn Vasyanovych's TO THE VICTORY!, a film of ambition, complexity, and cultural commentary that is diluted by its insistence on stretching every gesture #TIFF50buff.ly/QsidLkM
John Lynn goes sleuthing in Haifaa Al Mansour's UNIDENTIFIED, a film that feels trapped between wanting to be political and wanting to be a glossy crowd-pleasing thriller. In the end, it is neither #TIFF50buff.ly/lG3qrLJ
John Lynn sees that Kirk Jones' I SWEAR is not just a film about Tourette's, but also about dignity, about difference, about what it means to live in a world that would rather deny you than understand you #TIFF50buff.ly/JPs54az
Latoya Austin attends a tumultuous wedding in Philippe Falardeau's LOVELY DAY, an amusing portrayal of a day in the life of a groom that also tackles the pressure faced by Lebanese migrants to Canada #TIFF50buff.ly/YSZfBoF
John Lynn hits all the right keys in Arnaud Desplechin's TWO PIANOS, a film whose complexity, beauty, and emotional depth make it one of Desplechin’s most affecting works #TIFF50icsfilm.org/festivals/to...
Matthew Joseph Jenner see a mother trying to do what she can to protect her son in Zain Duraie's SINK, an empathetic and moving film that builds itself around a delicate balance of deeply human drama and complex sociocultural commentary #TIFF50buff.ly/jE3Fx7z
Douglas Johnson trades political backrooms and financial corridors for an analysis of a steadfast man at the threshold of ruin in Mathieu Denis' THE COST OF HEAVEN, an intimate, slow thriller that builds equity through thrift #TIFF50buff.ly/Gs11kUY
