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Hot Docs review: Barbara Rubin And The Exploding NY Underground
Chuck Smith's doc shows how a young woman changed the culture by influencing Warhol, Dylan, Ginsberg, Reed and others more
Hot Docs review: Siblings
Audrey Gordon's film about siblings separated by foster homes who reunite annually is small, lyrical and often beautiful more
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Super Troopers 2 is a juvenile comedy that’s stuck in the past
Sequel about French-Canadian Mounties and Americans in Quebec hits a major humour roadblock more
Submergence wastes its stars and locations on convoluted mess of a movie
Set in Africa, France and the Arctic Sea, Wim Wenders’s dull spy story features dialogue that sounds like it’s from an op-ed page more
Zama is a cinematic screed against power dynamics in period pieces
Lucrecia Martel's first film in almost a decade immerses the viewer in existential ennui and casual violence more
Mobile Homes is yet another empty exercise in artful indie miserablism
The fine actor Imogen Poots is wasted in a movie that wants to comment on contemporary America but really has nothing to say more
Surveillance thriller Eye On Juliet is dramatic enough to pull us in
Kim Nguyen’s film about a remote security operator features an obvious script and uneven pacing, but the acting and premise deliver the goods more
I Feel Pretty will make you feel pretty meh
High-concept Amy Schumer comedy about a drab woman who becomes convinced she looks like a fashion model stumbles more
Rampage is a pretty satisfying monster mash
Dwayne Johnson reunites with Journey 2 and San Andreas director Brad Peyton for a fun adaptation of the 90s videogame more
Sweet Country is a scathing revisionist western, but it doesn’t trust the audience
The film looks and sounds great, but it’s hobbled by hand-holding exposition and a checklist approach to character more
Abu documents the decades-long tension between a gay Pakistani-Canadian and his religious father
Arshad Khan's deeply personal film – complete with lots of home movie footage, animation and Bollywood clips – is a fascinating look at navigating various cultures more
Borg Vs. McEnroe drops the ball on a fascinating historic tennis match
Film about Björn Borg and John McEnroe’s Wimbledon 1980 showdown is a generic, simplistic biopic more
Finding Your Feet is a predictable dramedy starring actors who don’t condescend to the material
The script and direction are mechanical, but Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie as British pensioners are incapable of sounding a false note more
Alison Cohen Rosa
You Were Never Really Here successfully blends revenge thriller and character study
Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes hit features a great Joaquin Phoenix performance more
Lean On Pete is an absorbing, unsentimental look at poverty and class in America
Andrew Haigh’s moving follow-up to Weekend and 45 Years will take root in your imagination and stay there for a while more
Indian Horse would have served Richard Wagamese’s story better as a miniseries
The late author’s novel about an Ojibwe kid who escapes a residential school by playing hockey gets a well-meaning but superficial adaptation more
Beirut is a solid, tense little thriller set in 1982 Lebanon
Mad Men’s Jon Hamm demonstrates why he’s one of the most purely watchable film actors working today more
A Quiet Place is a solid thriller that could have been a bit more thrilling
John Krasinski’s film about a family that tries to be as quiet as possible to avoid being eaten by hearing-sensitive creatures is obvious but effective more
Itzhak Perlman film documents the musician, but leaves the man a mystery
Documentary about the violinist and conductor comes to life during music sequences or when Perlman's wife, Toby, is onscreen more
The Miracle Season sticks to the underdog sports movie playbook – with a couple of twists
Faith-influenced movie is based on an inspiring story about a volleyball team that rallied together to honour the memory of one of their players more
