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Penguin Bloom – Review

This film was previously reviewed in September 2020 as part of our TIFF coverage. After becoming paraplegic following an accident during a family holiday in Thailand, adventurous Sam Bloom (Naomi Watts)...
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Tanna – Review

We often hold up that brand of ultra-realism known as “verite” as a paragon of out-there, maverick filmmaking. The brilliance of Tanna’s essential project makes even the finest of verite pictures look...
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Paper Planes – Review

Quirkily pitched though largely rather rote, this Australian family film manages nevertheless to achieve something special within its genre trappings. Sam Worthington’s at his best since Somersault,...