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Toronto Film Festival 2018

movie review Dec. 14, 2018

If Beale Street Could Talk Is Romance on Top, Despair Beneath the SurfaceIn Barry Jenkins’s work, loss is a given. He lyricizes it and sometimes seems to wallow in it.

By David Edelstein
movie review Nov. 15, 2018

Widows Is a Thoroughly Entertaining CaperMcQueen wouldn’t do a mere genre movie, of course.

By David Edelstein

tiff 2018 Oct. 12, 2018

TIFF Review: First Man Is Laborious, and StupendousFirst Man might be the most grounded space movie ever made.

By David Edelstein
movie review Oct. 1, 2018

A Star Is Born Is One Hell of a Magic TrickI have zero doubts about the first half — it couldn’t be more charming.

By David Edelstein
toronto film festival 2018 Sept. 16, 2018

Green Book Cruises Through TIFF, Takes Home People’s Choice AwardBarry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma were named first and second runners-up, respectively.

By Halle Kiefer
tiff 2018 Sept. 9, 2018

TIFF Review: Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 Is a Must-SeeYes, he’s a bit of a blowhard, but the air is blowing hard in the right direction.

By David Edelstein
vox lux Sept. 6, 2018

Why You Should Watch Vox Lux Director Brady Corbet’s Overlooked First MovieChildhood of a Leader is a fully realized work on its own, and hopefully, the release of Vox Lux will help draw some much-deserved attention.

By Kevin Lincoln