The Ugly
It’s ultimately a project that has too little to say and too little entertainment value to make up for that shallowness.
Festivals & Awards
The Telluride Tea: Reflections and Highlights of the 2025 Telluride Film Festival
A reflection on the writer’s fourth Telluride, and the feeling of community that comes from festival life.
TIFF 2025: Obsession, Honey Bunch, Whitetail
On three dark thrillers from this year’s TIFF, including a couple of early standouts.
TIFF 2025: Wake Up Dead Man, Rental Family
On two of the biggest TIFF premieres, including the new Knives Out movie.
TIFF 2025: Motor City, I Swear, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story
Three totally different movies connect a very Reacher-esque action flick and a documentary about Paula Deen.
TIFF 2025: Palestine 36, The Choral, Peak Everything
On three early Gala Presentations from TIFF 2025.
John Candy: I Like Me
A perfectly acceptable bio-documentary filled with entertaining clips and beloved entertainers telling heartwarming stories.
TIFF 2025: Wasteman, Winter of the Crow, Charlie Harper
See the movies from TIFF starring David Jonsson and Lesley Manville. Skip the third.
TIFF 2025: Hamlet, Rose of Nevada, No Other Choice
On three films from TIFF, including the latest from Master Park, a trippy fishing drama, and another adaptation of the Bard.
Venice Film Festival 2025: Broken English, The Wizard of the Kremlin, No Other Choice, In the Hand of Dante
On four Venice films, including the latest from Park Chan-wook and Julian Schnabel.
50 Years Later, “Sholay” Remains a Captivating South Asian Epic
On five decades of Ramesh Sippy’s silly, earnest, action-packed Bollywood masterpiece.
Venice Film Festival 2025: Remake, Nuestra Tierra, Kim Novak’s Vertigo
On three Venice docs, including an emotional stunner.
Telluride Film Festival 2025: Lost in the Jungle, Ask E. Jean, Everywhere Man: The Lives and Times of Peter Asher
On three docs from this year’s Telluride.
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Biennale College
On the films of this year’s Biennale College, a program for emerging filmakers.
TIFF 2025: 20 World Premieres We Can’t Wait to See
20 world premieres we’re going to cover out of Toronto this year.
Venice Film Festival 2025: The Smashing Machine, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, The Testament of Ann Lee, Father Mother Sister Brother
On four films that just premiered at Venice, including a dramatic turn for Dwayne Johnson.
Healers and Nurturers: Ethan Hawke on the Artists of “Blue Moon” and “Highway 99: A Double Album”
An interview with the star of Richard Linklater’s newest film and director of a new documentary about Merle Haggard, both of which played Telluride.
