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Toronto International Film Festival · 2022

Toronto International Film Festival 2022

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48 films · 31 reviews

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Allelujah

The story of a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital threatened with closure.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Richard Eyre; Writer: Heidi Thomas, based on the play by Allan Bennett; Stars: Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, David Bradley, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, Julia McKenzie)

All Quiet On The Western Front (Im Westen Nichts Neues)

Review preview for All Quiet On The Western Front

It is often amongst the international Oscar contenders that one finds the year’s best films. Even after accounting for that, this is something special.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.

(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2022; Director: Edward Berger; Writer: Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque; Stars: Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hülk, Edin Hasanovich, Anton von Lucke)

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The Banshees Of Inisherin

Review preview for The Banshees Of Inisherin

Banshees is lifted by good performances, particularly from Keoghan and Condon, whose major scene together has a delicacy of emotion that is sharply at odds with the brute force McDonagh more generally employs.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

(Country: Ireland, UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Martin McDonagh; Writer: Martin McDonagh; Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Morse)

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Biosphere

Plot details for this film are yet to be released.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mel Eslyn; Writer: Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn; Stars: Sterling K Brown, Mark Duplass)

Blueback

Review preview for Blueback

Robert Connolly successfully delivers a story which has enough nuance to keep adults from getting bored whilst remaining accessible to younger viewers.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The story of a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When she realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mother, and takes on poachers to save her friend.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Connolly; Writer: Robert Connolly; Stars: Radha Mitchell, Eric Bana, Mia Wasikowska, Ariel Donoghue)

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The Blue Caftan

Review preview for The Blue Caftan

Covert glances and dauntless gestures between the three protagonists, that keep us guessing about who knows what, weave a web as diaphanous as the stitching on fine cloth.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.

(Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)

Full review See: Maryam Touzani on the inspiration for The Blue Caftan and its emotional fabric

Broker

Review preview for Broker

More pedantic than poetic, making for an unfulfilling watch.

Dora Leu · 2 out of 5
Drama following a group of people brought together by "baby post boxes" used to help abandoned babies.

(Country: Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young)

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Bros

Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nicholas Stoller; Writer: Billy Eichner, Nicholas Stoller; Stars: Luke Macfarlane, Billy Eichner, Kristin Chenoweth)

Brother

The story of two sons of Caribbean immigrants maturing amid escalating tensions.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Clement Virgo; Writer: David Chariandy, Clement Virgo; Stars: Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray, Maurice Dean Wint, Taveeta Szymanowicz, Dwain Murphy, Anthony Grant, Delia Lisette Chambers, Evan Buliung, Beth Hornby, Mazin Elsadig, Bracken Burns, Kara Wooten)

Catherine Called Birdy

Review preview for Catherine Called Birdy

There is a great deal to enjoy here in a fast paced, lively tale which highlights the hypocrisy of its characters without demeaning them, and which is full of heart.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A 14-year-old girl in Medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Lena Dunham; Writer: Lena Dunham, based on the book by Karen Cushman; Stars: Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joe Alwyn, Billie Piper, Sophie Okonedo)

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Causeway

A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Lila Neugebauer; Writer: Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Sanders; Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jayne Houdyshell)

Chevalier

Review preview for Chevalier

This is hardly a bastion of accuracy, but it does cover its ground well.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
The true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Stephen Williams; Writer: Stefani Robinson; Stars: Lucy Boynton, Samara Weaving, Minnie Driver, Marton Csokas)

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Corsage

Review preview for Corsage

Vicky Krieps...is in excellent form and up to the task of presenting to us the icon in all her idiosyncrasies.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
A period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi.

(Country: Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Finnegan Oldfield, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Colin Morgan, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner , Aaron Friesz, Ivana Urban, Raphael von Bargen, Alexander Pschill, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas)

Full review See: Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Empress Elisabeth of Austria with King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Luchino Visconti, Finnegan Oldfield’s Louis Le Prince and the biographies of Sisi , Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film , Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch

Decision To Leave

Review preview for Decision To Leave

Park does it the hard way, building up a complex psychological and intellectual relationship in which sexual desire feels like an emergent characteristic rather than a starting point.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Park Chan-wook; Writer: Park Chan-wook, Seo-kyeong Jeong; Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Go Kyung-Pyo, Lee Jung-Hyun, Park Yong-woo)

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Devotion

A pair of US Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: JD Dillard; Writer: Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart, based on the book by Adam Makos; Stars: Glen Powell, Serinda Swan, Jonathan Majors, Spencer Neville, Thomas Sadowski)

Driving Madeleine (Une Belle Course)

Review preview for Driving Madeleine

The destination of the film might feel like a bit of a foregone conclusion but the graceful and sometimes unpredictable manner in which Carion arrives at it is impressive.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A taxi driver drives a passenger across Paris as she recalls her life.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christian Carion; Writer: Christian Carion, Cyril Gely; Stars: Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Line Renaud)

Full review See: Christian Carion on taking viewers on a journey across Paris and into a woman's past

Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors.

(Country: Nigeria; Year: 2022; Director: Biyi Bandele; Writer: Biyi Bandele; Stars: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro, Deyemi Okanlawon)

Empire Of Light

Review preview for Empire Of Light

With Roger Deakins handling the cinematography and making the most of the magical light found on parts of England’s south coast, the film never ceases to be visually absorbing.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A peek into the lives of staff at a cinema in an English seaside town in the early 1980s.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Sam Mendes; Writer: Sam Mendes; Stars: Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Monica Dolan, Toby Jones, Sara Stewart, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke)

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The Eternal Daughter

A ghost story about a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Joanna Hogg; Writer: Joanna Hogg; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies)

The Fabelmans

Review preview for The Fabelmans

The trademark Spielberg visual flair is there from the outset and keeps this film interesting at times when the narrative is moving slowly, or when it lapses into melodrama.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Growing up in post-World War Two era Arizona, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg; Stars: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle)

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Review preview for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rian Johnson's knife is sharper and more precise the second time out.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Rian Johnson; Writer: Rian Johnson; Stars: Jessica Henwick, Ethan Hawke, Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Madelyn Kline)

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Good Night Oppy

Review preview for Good Night Oppy

White keeps an impressively tight hold on the narrative as he takes us through the ups and downs (literal and otherwise) of the rovers’ adventures.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
The story of Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ryan White)

Full review See: Q&A with Ryan White, Helen Kearns, Blake Neely and Rejh Cabrera about Good Night Oppy

The Good Nurse

Review preview for The Good Nurse

Chastain is its saving grace.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.

(Year: 2022; Director: Tobias Lindholm; Writer: Krysty Wilson-Cairn, based on the book by Charles Graeber; Stars: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Malik Yoba, Ajay Naidu)

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Holy Spider (Ankabut-e moqaddas)

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This is less about the puzzle of who the murderer is... than about the way he slots into society and, after his arrest, is viewed by the public.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A journalist tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering sex workers.

(Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ali Abbasi; Writer: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami; Stars: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour, Sara Fazilat, Alice Rahimi, M. Ali Nazarian, Sima Seyed, Firouz Ageli, Farhad Faghih Habibi)

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Il Signore Delle Formiche

Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is jailed in 1968 under a Fascist-era law criminalizing gay activity. The informant is his partner's father, who forces his son to undergo electroshock conversion therapy.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Gianni Amelio; Writer: Gianni Amelio, Federico Fava, Edoardo Petti; Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco)

Joyland

Review preview for Joyland

It is not so much individual people who cause the problems but rather the constricting cultural circumstances that dictate everyone must play their allocated role.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.

(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2022; Director: Saim Sadiq; Writer: Saim Sadiq; Stars: Sana Jafri, Ali Junejo)

Full review See: Sounding it out - Nathan Ruyle on the new revolution in sound design , Oliver Ridge on Joyland and the Corner Office

The Lost King

Review preview for The Lost King

You could argue it's a bit broad but then charming crowdpleasers often are.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope; Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, James Fleet, Jessica Hardwick, Robert Jack)

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A Man Of Reason

After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk wants is a normal life - one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you've penetrated the upper echelons of the underworld, normal can prove hard to come by.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Jung Woo-sung; Stars: Jung Woo-sung)

The Menu

Review preview for The Menu

This may become a cult movie.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mark Mylod; Writer: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy; Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes)

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Moonage Daydream

Review preview for Moonage Daydream

In this kaleidoscope life, montage becomes an essential tool, illustrating not only the artist’s own work but his many influences, along with the immediate context in which he was living.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Documentary featuring a wealth of David Bowie archive.

(Year: 2022; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Stars: David Bowie)

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My Policeman

The arrival of Patrick into Marion and Tom's home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previously.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Michael Grandage; Writer: Ron Nyswaner, based on the book by Bethan Roberts; Stars: Harry Styles, Linus Roache, Rupert Everett, Gina McKee, Emma Corrin, David Dawson)

Nanny

Review preview for Nanny

The lighting used by cinematographer Rina Yang is some of the best I can recall in an American independent film since Moonlight.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Aisha is an undocumented nanny working for a privileged couple in New York City. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in Senegal, a violent supernatural presence invades her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nikyatu Jusu; Writer: Nikyatu Jusu; Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Anna Diop, Phylicia Rashad, Morgan Spector, Leslie Uggams, Sinqua Walls, Zephani Idoko, Billy Griffith, Princess Adenike, Mitzie Pratt, Rich Graff, Michael Cuomo, Rose Decker, Olamide Candide-Johnson, Keturah Hamilton)

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Nope

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

(Country: US, Japan, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Jordan Peele; Writer: Jordan Peele; Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun, Wrenn Schmidt)

No Bears

Review preview for No Bears

At one point it seems “Panahi” could easily step from one country to the other, but as his film shows, leaving is not always an easy option.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.

(Year: 2022; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Jafar Panahi; Stars: Jafar Panahi, Mina Kavani, Bülent Keser, Vahid Mobasheri, Sinan Yusufoglu, Naser Hashemi, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Reza Heydari, Mina Khosrovani)

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One Fine Morning

Review preview for One Fine Morning

Seydoux is superb as she runs the emotional gamut with subtlety and empathy, demonstrating an extraordinary survival spirit in complicated circumstances.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A woman who is raising her daughter alone and looking after her dad, who has a degenerative disease, embarks on a passionate affair.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia, Pascal Greggory, Kester Lovelace, Ema Zampa)

Full review See: One Fine Morning star Léa Seydoux and director Mia Hansen-Løve in conversation , Mia Hansen-Løve in conversation on One Fine Morning, Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Kafka, and ghosts

On The Come Up

The story of 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time but is facing controversies and with an eviction notice staring down her family.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sanaa Lathan; Writer: Zora Howard, Kay Oyegun, based on the book by Angie Thomas; Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Method Man, Mike Epps, Nijah Brenea, Jamila Gray)

Other People's Children (Les Enfants Des Autres)

Review preview for Other People's Children

As richly drawn as it is delicately handled.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Rebecca Zlotowski; Writer: Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira)

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The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlisle

Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Kathlyn Horan; Writer: Kathlyn Horan; Stars: Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)

Saint Omer

Review preview for Saint Omer

Quietly devastating.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court tries to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Alice Diop; Writer: Alice Diop, Marie N'Diaye; Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit)

Full review See: Interview with Guslagie Malanda and Kayije Kagame about Saint Omer

Sanctuary

The story of a dominatrix and her wealthy client, and the disaster which ensues when the latter tries to end their relationship.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Zachary Wigon; Writer: Micah Bloomberg; Stars: Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott)

Stories Not To Be Told (Historias Para No Contar)

Five comedic tales criss-cross at random.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Cesc Gay; Writer: Cesc Gay; Stars: Alex Brendemühl, Anna Castillo, Jose Coronado, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Antonio de la Torre)

The Substitute (El Suplente)

Review preview for The Substitute

It’s Lerman’s shooting style which makes the biggest impression.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A professor tries to help a student who is being hounded by drug traffickers.

(Country: Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Diego Lerman; Writer: Diego Lerman, María Meira, Luciana De Mello; Stars: Juan Minujín, Alfredo Castro, Bárbara Lennie, Rita Cortese, María Merlino)

Full review See: Interview with Diego Lerman about The Substitute (El Suplente)

Triangle Of Sadness

Review preview for Triangle Of Sadness

A roller-coaster of the effects of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
A yacht for the super-rich sinks, leaving its passengers marooned on an island.

(Country: Sweden, UK, US, France, Greece; Year: 2022; Director: Ruben Östlund; Writer: Ruben Östlund; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Hanna Oldenburg, Zlatko Buric, Oliver Ford Davies, Linda Anborg, Iris Berben, Carolina Gynning, Sunnyi Melles, Malte Gårdinger, Vicki Berlin, Arvin Kananian, Beata Borelius, Shaniaz Hama Ali)

Full review See: Director Ruben Östlund, and Woody Harrelson on Triangle Of Sadness

Walk Up

A middle-aged film director and the daughter he hasn't seen in years visit a building owned by an interior designer... but something unusual happens during the tour.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kwon Haehyo, Lee Hyeyoung, Mi-so Park)

Wendell & Wild

Review preview for Wendell & Wild

Kat is styled with a punk sensibility which will appeal to young viewers tired of old fashioned notions about how young heroes ought to look and behave.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly, and her two acolytes, the goth teens Kat and Raul.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Henry Selick; Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman, Jordan Peele, Henry Selick; Stars: Lyric Ross, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Angela Bassett, James Hong)

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The Whale

Review preview for The Whale

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Darren Aronofsky; Writer: Samuel D Hunter; Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins)

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Women Talking

Review preview for Women Talking

Polley has crammed in a lot of good ideas, but they cannot all usefully share the same space.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A group of women from a remote religious community deal with the aftermath of sexual assault perpetrated by the colony’s men.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Polley; Writer: Sarah Polley, based on the novel of Miriam Toews; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, August Winter, Kira Guloien, Emily Mitchell, Will Bowes, Shayla Brown, Nathaniel McParland, Kate Hallett)

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The Wonder

Review preview for The Wonder

Pugh's performance, which dovetails nicely with newcomer Cassidy’s devout determination as Anna, can’t quite overcome the uneven plotting and, at times, flimsy characterisation.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The Irish Midlands, 1862. A young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O'Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months.

(Country: US, UK, Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Writer: Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio; Stars: Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Elaine Cassidy, Tom Burke, Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Algar, Toby Jones)

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