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Review: Buddy is a simple, elegant film that looks at people and their dogs
Heddy Honigmann’s documentary examines the profound connection we make with dogs and the limited time they have with us Read more
Review: Toy Story 4 has an existential crisis... and it's entertaining
After nearly a quarter century, Pixar's flagship franchise cleverly ponders whether its movies are for children or for the adults who've grown up watching them Read more
TV review: Jessica Jones: Season 3 goes out on a high note
The cancelled Netflix show lets Krysten Ritter’s superpowered PI be herself in all her bullheaded, resourceful, pissed-off glory Read more
Review: Rolling Thunder Revue is a watchable ramble through a turning point in Bob Dylan's career
Martin Scorsese mixes fact and fantasy in this doc, but the trove of beautifully restored 16mm footage with new and archival interviews is delightful Read more
Review: The Dead Don’t Die will have a cult following in five years
Jim Jarmusch’s often explosively funny zombie movie isn’t scary, but it’s as deadpan as they come Read more
Review: Late Night is a funny and shrewd look at diversity in the entertainment industry
Writer/star Mindy Kaling’s workplace comedy looks at the growing pains that come with Hollywood’s slow pivot through a new climate Read more
Review: Mouthpiece beautifully captures the complexities of modern womanhood
Patricia Rozema's film adaptation of Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava's award-winning two-hander is funny, moving and fully cinematic Read more
Review: Wild Nights With Emily looks at poet Emily Dickinson’s lesbian life
Madeleine Olnek directs a superb Molly Shannon in a funny and touching film that’s anything but a stuffy biopic Read more
Review: Asako I & II is an elliptical film that lets us grapple with moral questions
Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's follow-up to Happy Hour captures the rhythms of everyday life in absorbing detail Read more
Review: Halston documentary celebrates the designer's singular vision
The fashion icon's story isn't that complex or mysterious, but half a century later, the clothes still look splendid Read more
Netflix
Review: Always Be My Maybe is a relatable rom-com – even if you're not Asian
In Netflix's Always Be My Maybe, Ali Wong and Randall Park give Asian-Americans a movie we can relate to, which Crazy Rich Asians failed to do. Read more
Review: Nîpawistamâsowin is a powerful, intimate look at Colten Boushie’s murder
Tasha Hubbard’s doc focuses on the ensuing trial, the effect on Boushie’s family and a legal system that allowed an all-white jury to validate an Indigenous man’s death Read more
Review: Rocketman is the movie Bohemian Rhapsody should have been
More a jukebox musical than a simple biopic of Elton John, Dexter Fletcher's film takes big stylistic risks and refuses to pussyfoot around its material Read more
Kino Lorber
Review: Diamantino is a kitschy and queer satire of nationalism
Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt's midnight movie reflects back this surreal moment when the world is simultaneously becoming more closed off and more open Read more
Review: Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is a candid, revealing music doc
Even though the film offers the requisite career arc checklist, the Canadian singer/songwriter offers lots of insights into his music and life Read more
Inside Out review: We Are The Radical Monarchs
Documentary profiles a group of girls of colour pushing social justice and radical change Read more
Inside Out review: Halston
Frédéric Tcheng's documentary about the outsized fashion personality is a celebration of a singular sartorial vision Read more
Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix
TV Review: Ava DuVernay's When They See Us is powerful
The four-part Netflix miniseries digs deep into the tragic and infuriating story behind the Central Park Five Read more
Review: Non-Fiction is a picturesque, chatty slice of French social commentary
Olivier Assayas’s latest isn’t as metaphysical as his recent films, but it features great performances and delves into tricky issues of morality and responsibility Read more
Review: The White Crow, about the life of ballet great Rudolf Nureyev, soars
Director Ralph Fiennes uses an ingenious storytelling device and pulls of a daring mid-picture stylistic shift without losing a step Read more