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TIFF18: High Life

Claire Denis’ confrontational science-fiction film has provocative imagery and an excellent Robert Pattinson performance, but it lacks cohesion and internal logic.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2018Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, Lars Edinger, André Benjamin, Agata Buzek, High Life, Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Nick Laird, Geoff Cox Comments

TIFF18: Sunset

Sunset is a masterpiece of historical filmmaking.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 13, 2018Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, Marcin Czarnik, Levente Molnár, Julia Jakubowska, László Nemes, Clara Royer, Matthieu Taponier, Sunset, TIFF18, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival Comments

TIFF18: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

The latest documentary from Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky is full of astounding imagery and damning environmental implications.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 7, 2018Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, Anthropocene, TIFF18, TIFF, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward BurtynskyComment

Review: Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Tim Wardle’s documentary pulls the rug out from under the audience while perceptively examining nature vs nurture.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 31, 2018Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle, David Kellman, Bobby Shafran, Eddy GallandComment

Review: Eighth Grade (2018)

Bo Burnham’s directorial debut captures essential truths about the awkwardness of adolescence.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 17, 2018Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Fred Hechinger, Eighth GradeComment

Review: War Dogs (2016)

Todd Phillips mimics the films of Martin Scorsese to get a kick out of bad behaviour without excusing it.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 10, 2018Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Polla, War Dogs, Todd Phillips, Stephen Chin, Jason Smilovic, Arms and the Dudes, Guy Lawson, The HangoverComment

Review: Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Boots Riley’s economic and racial satire is ambitious yet unfocused, and ultimately undone by its ideological preoccupations.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 31, 2018Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hamme, Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother YouComment

Review: Leave No Trace (2018)

This is a quiet drama with fabulous performances and an uncanny attention to detail.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 20, 2018Debra Granik, Leave No Trace, Anne Rosellini, Peter Rock, Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale DickeyComment

Review: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is an unnecessary sequel and a step-down from its predecessor, but it’s still an effective action film and a complex look at the drug war.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 10, 2018Stefano Sollima, Taylor Sheridan, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Elijah Rodriguez, Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, SicarioComment

Review: Tag (2018)

Diverting like a childhood game, but also essentially meaningless.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 29, 2018Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Annabelle Wallis, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Rashida Jones, Leslie Bibb, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Tomsic, Rob McKittrick, Mark Steilen, Tag, Russell AdamsComment

Review: Small Town Crime (2017)

A modest crime thriller that does just enough with its well-worn genre elements.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJune 22, 2018John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Vartan, Caity Lotz, James Lafferty, Robert Forster, Octavia Spencer, Dale Dickey, Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms, Small Town CrimeComment

Review: Deadpool 2 (2018)

Ignore the faux-transgressive humour. Deadpool 2 is as tired and generic a superhero film as you can get.

David Cronenberg: Fast Company (1979)

While Fast Company is a radical departure for Cronenberg, it’s also a confidently-made and satisfying B-movie about drag racing.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 30, 2018William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Cedric Smith, David Cronenberg, Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, Fast Company, David Cronenberg Retrospective Comments

Review: The Rider (2017)

This blend of documentary and fiction about an injured rodeo rider is one of the best American indies of recent years.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 18, 2018The Rider, Chloé Zhao, Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandraeu, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott, Cat CliffordComment

Review: Brigsby Bear (2017)

Brigsby Bear plays like a smash-up between Be Kind, Rewind and Room, although it’s not half as interesting as that bizarre remix sounds.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMay 4, 2018Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Ryan Simpkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Andy Samberg, Jane Adams, Claire Dane, Kevin Costello, Dave McCary, Brigsby BearComment

Review: Game Night (2018)

A legitimately good movie in addition to being a funny and clever one.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 27, 2018Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Kyle Chandler, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Mark Perez, Game NightComment

Review: You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Lynne Ramsay's latest is a tedious bore that wastes a great actor and indulges in the worst impulses of art-film storytelling.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 20, 2018Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alessandro Nivola, Frank Pando, Lynne Ramsay, Jonathan Ames, You Were Never Really HereComment

David Cronenberg: Shivers (1975)

Shivers proves Cronenberg capable of conjuring conventionally-appealing entertainment that still has the capacity to shock with its imagery and dazzle with its ideas.