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Planet in Focus 2019: Earth

Earth is visually arresting, but also repetitive, which dulls its overall message.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 15, 2019Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Earth, Planet in Focus 2019, Planet in FocusComment

TIFF19: Uncut Gems

The Safdie Brothers continue to mine chaos and momentum in the riveting Uncut Gems.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2019Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Judd Hirsch, Eric BogosianComment

TIFF19: A Hidden Life

Terrence Malick has crafted his most political and religious work yet.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2019Terrence Malick, A Hidden Life, August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Michael Nyqvist, Jurgen Prochnow, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Ganz, Martin Wuttke, Franz Rogowski, Maria Simon Comment

TIFF19: One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk is a rewarding film and a microcosm of Inuit-settler relations.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 16, 2019Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Apayata Kotierk, Kim Bodnia, Benjamin Kunuk, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Inuk, InuitComment

TIFF19: Weathering with You

Makoto Shinkai’s follow-up to Your Name is a similarly high-concept exercise in empathy.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 13, 2019Weathering with You, Your Name, Makoto Shinkai, Kotaro Daigu, Nana Mori, Shun Oguri, Tsubasa Honda, Chieko Baisho, Sakura Kiryu, animeComment

TIFF19: The Platform

The Platform is both an allegory for class warfare and a seriously entertaining science-fiction horror film.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 12, 2019The Platform, TIFF, TIFF19, Toronto International Film Festival, Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, David Desola, Pedro Rivero, Ivan Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale, Alexandra MasangkayComment

TIFF19: Sound of Metal

Sound of Metal has one of the most astounding sound designs in recent memory.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 10, 2019Sound of Metal, Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, TIFF19, TIFF, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Planet in Focus 2018: When Lambs Become Lions

A remarkable examination of poaching in Northern Kenya that works as both a perceptive documentary and an exciting thriller.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 25, 2018Jon Kasbe, When Lambs Become Lions, documentary, Planet in Focus, Planet in Focus 2018Comment

Planet in Focus 2018: Brexitannia

A useful record of the 2016 Brexit vote, but a repetitive piece of filmmaking.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 25, 2018Planet in Focus, Planet in Focus 2018, Brexitannia, Timothy George Keller, Brexit, United KingdomComment

TIFF18: American Dharma

Anton reviews the great Errol Morris’s insightful documentary interviewing Steve Bannon.

The Festival Circuit, ReviewsAnton BergstromSeptember 26, 2018TIFF, TIFF18, American Dharma, Steve Bannon, Trump, American politics, politics, populism, documentary, interview, Errol MorrisComment

TIFF18: Shoplifters

Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winner is a moving and perceptive drama that further examines themes laid out in Nobody Knows and Like Father, Like Son.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 17, 2018Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kairi Jo, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters, TIFF18, TIFF, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

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.