Visionary and influential dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham is the subject of this interesting and…

Golda Meir is commonly known as Israel’s first (and so far only) female Prime Minister…

No, this film has little to do with Victor Hugo’s story, but is a seething…

Adam Sandler is near perfect as NYC jeweler Howard Ratner, who can’t sit still for…

Mark Ruffalo is very good as a serious and driven corporate lawyer in Cincinnati, Robert…

Actor Shia LaBeouf (whom I last saw in the terrific The Peanut Butter Falcon) penned and…

At 89 (!) Clint Eastwood can still entertain with style and emotionally engage his audience,…

(Now streaming on Netflix)Noah Baumbach wrote and directed this heartbreaking story of the crumbling of…

Cynthia Erivo is excellent as Harriet Tubman, who: escaped the brutality of slavery by risking…

I know very little about the world of professional racing, and was unaware until I…

Although not the point of this fascinating and engaging documentary, hearing from and about the…

Instead of touring for his new album Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen gathers a 30-piece orchestra in…

An impressive small budget Canadian film about a young woman, smart but emotionally troubled (Julia…

A joyous and fascinating documentary journey exploring the origins of Fiddler on the Roof, the…

Keira Knightley is very good as a real-life (relatively low level) British intelligent analyst who…

Combine: child soldiers fighting for who-knows-what in the mountains and jungles of an unnamed Latin…

A fun ride with this comedy/drama/horror pic — it’s got blood, gore and humour (of…

Who knew that a story set in present times of a Palestinian slacker who works…

The most unique documentary I’ve seen in quite a while.  Filmed over three years, we…

Irish actress Jesse Buckley (who I thought was captivating in the 2018 movie Beast) is terrific…

Hot off its win for best director (and a special jury prize) for Joe Talbot…

Lead actor Taron Egerton (playing Elton John as an adult) does a tremendous job of…

When a young woman disappears, we try to figure out what has happened by viewing…

Uplifting, charming, although sometimes clichéd, the tale — based on actual events that took place…

Co-director Werner Herzog sat down several times with ex-President of the USSR (1985-92), Mickhail Gorbachev…

Long-time TV and film actress Mary Kay Place is terrific as a woman with many…

A fascinating fictionalized look at the rise, starting in the early 1980s, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas political…

This interesting and entertaining documentary follows Canadian music legend Gordon Lightfoot (still touring in his…

This documentary tells well the story of the legendary Blue Note Records label, from its…

Elisabeth Moss is a standout as a once (in the 1990s) punk rock sensation who…

Josh Wiggins (who I had not heard of before) is excellent as high-schooler Franky, still…

An imaginative documentary about one of the greatest dancers of all time, Rudolf Nureyev.  Plenty…

The actress Tillotama Shome is captivating as a poor young (widowed) woman from a small…

(Seen at the Hot Docs Festival) Sad but educational documentary about a family who runs…

The latest film from acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi (who made the Oscar winners “A…

This story about troubled love, set against the backdrop of 1950s (primarily) Warsaw, Berlin and…

A very wise, intelligent and touching tale, set in in a poor district of Tokyo,…

A powerful and haunting story — directed by Barry Jenkins, and based on a book…

Fascinating documentary about the art and life of the late, great Greek-American, world renowned opera…

A charming documentary about a, yes, real-life free soloist, the eccentric, sweet, naïve, and obsessed…

A light, funny, human and sweet ode to the magic of Bill Murray, the man,…

Inspired by a true story, this is a tale, set in the early 60s USA, …

Marie Colvin was a fearless American-born war correspondent who met her untimely end while reporting…

Talented actors Blythe Danner, Hillary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster make this story of…

The third remake of the original 1930s film of the same name, this is a…

The title relates to the label a number of scientists and others want to give…

An inspiring and fascinating documentary set in the (usually) closed to outsiders Hasidic (i.e. ultra-orthodox…

Tense, clever and very enjoyable story of a Danish policeman serving time at a 9-1-1…

A sweet and funny documentary about the late and great comic Gilda Radner, with enjoyable…

Based on a memoir of the same name by Jared Conlon (sensitively but not melodramatically…

When two Orthodox Jews (who rarely speak) arrive by train to a small Hungarian village…

A highly impressive performance by the young Elsie Fisher, who plays a, yes, eighth-grader —…

A kind and sad Argentinian film that follows an elderly Holocaust survivor who, before his kids…

One of the most enjoyable of this franchise that I’ve seen.  Great set-pieces, not weighed…

An inventive and creative satire, set in, more or less, modern day Oakland, CA, that…

I wasn’t that familiar with Marvel Comics’ Ant-Man character — a man with the ability…

A fascinating, troubling and thought-provoking documentary about the trial, in Germany, of Oskar Groning, nicknamed…

How else to tell a story surrounding the death in the early 1950s of Joseph…

Director Steven Soderbergh has put together a very effective relatively low-budget psychological thriller about a…

The murder in 1987 of an university student by members of South Korea’s intelligence officers…

I’m no expert on the movie industry, but I can’t imagine it would have been…

The true story of Molly Bloom (well played by Jessica Chastain), a once top competitive…

Gary Oldman is excellent as Sir Winston Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister for the…

An excellent but tough film to watch, dealing with themes of revenge, crime and punishment,…

Some adjectives/terms that come to mind during and after watching this movie: indie, surreal, imaginative,…

Last month I wrote about the wonderful documentary, Mr. Gaga, which showed us some of…

Is this a tale of the supernatural or a tale of grief and loss?  Or…

A documentary focussing on the settlers of the Israeli West Bank and their outsize impact…

I think you need to see T1 before trying on T2, as T2 picks up…

Even though I didn’t think this film — which won the 2017 foreign film Oscar…

The writer James Baldwin set out to write a book about three of his friends…

A very clever and socially aware dark comedy/horror film in which a white woman takes…

An emotionally moving and difficult (based on a true) story of how at the end…

Until I read about this movie, I had no idea of the role played by…

Kirsten Johnson is a documentary cinematographer who has stitched together footage from over the last…

One of the less melodramatic (but quietly dramatic) films by Pedro Almodovar.  The acting is…

You would think that a film about a visit to earth by alien life forms…

Based on the events surrounding the collapse of the BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in…

This tale of the clash between a teenage girl and the patriarchal society in which…

A fascinating documentary which, over the course of five years, focuses on three Toronto colourful…

You may be aware of the outcome of a famous British libel trial which pitted…

A fascinating and well executed documentary about the illegal ivory trade and the unsung investigators…

Yes, there is a plot, and an ok one, about two Texas brothers (played by…

Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Film at the last TIFF, the lead actor (Connor…

Almost two hours of listening to director and writer Brian De Palma (along with lots…

A Tamil Tiger fighter blends into the mass of Tamil refugees, is paired up with…

I enjoy Helen Mirren in pretty much any movie/theatrical role, and she does a very…

Although I enjoy Janis Joplin’s music, I didn’t know much about her until I saw…

Fictionalized account of the birth of popular (gangsta) rap and the rise and fall of…

Hard-hitting documentary on the destruction caused by the drug cartels that straddle the US —…

I didn’t know much about singer Amy Winehouse prior to seeing this fascinating and sad…

Before seeing this movie my exposure to the comedienne/actress Amy Schumer was quite limited.  But…

American conservative William F. Buckley was up against leftist public intellectual Gore Vidal on ABC…

Billed as a Western, it has the look of a Western (set in late 19th century…

An almost silent film, it is an homage to the silent films of yesteryear, masterfully…

An impressive work from the Quebec director of the 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y. (which I also…

French film (set outside of Paris) with amazing acting by two young girls, one of…

The new Pedro Almodovar, so expect melodrama, gender and relationship issues.  More disturbing and much…

A fast paced, French (from France, 2010) film about corrupt cops and some innocents caught…

Speaking of violent films with plenty of corrupt cops, this Brazilian sequel (I did not…

A small film (such as, no big life lessons), set in Hawaii, about a man…

Yes, another sequel.  Yes, the plot is ridiculous, but so what.  The movie breezes along…

Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons help me this a very nicely down tale of confusion…

Both a fable and a realistic French (set in Le Havre, France) film by the…

To my mind this was a way over the top and much too obvious story…

A charming fable of an orphan living in a Paris train station in an era…

What can I say about the muppets:  they sing, they dance, they’re so damn cute!…

Not for all tastes, this a story of a physically beautiful woman (Charlize Theron) who…

(From 2008) Inspired by the true tale of the bank French 1960s and 70s bank…

A captivating South Korean film which plays out in almost 2.5 languid hours; super acting…

Billed, mistakenly I think, as sci-fi film (relating to the desire to travel to another…

A very bleak and slowly paced Iranian film about a pregnant young woman in Tehran,…

A very witty and entertaining film set in Ireland where a visiting FBI agent tries…

Even though I have little to no interest in professional baseball, this movie kept my…

A remake of an Israeli film about the abduction, many years ago in Germany, by…

Decent political intrigue story with George Clooney and Ryan Gosling during a run for the…

More of an outbreak procedural than what one would expect from the title and genre. …

This one is strictly for the laughs if you are in the mood for an…

A rare film about the struggle of religion seen through the eyes of a woman…

Based on the true story of a private company security officer (a US policewoman) who…

The 2011 winner of the Academy Award for best foreign film, this slow moving but…

A sad but powerful tale of a 12-year old in a South African township trying…

A very cool and interesting 3D documentary look at relatively recently discovered pre-historic drawings in…

A charming tale (based on the director’s life) dealing with the main character’s (Ewan McGregor) inability to sustain…

A low key tale of a smaller town lawyer (Paul Giamatti) struggling to pay the…

Delightful small movie with British comedians/actors Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden travelling to fancy restaurants…

Terrence Mallick’s overly long and a bit pretentious in parts, this grand tale of life…

Documentary about the media, focussed on the NY Times media desk.  The star of the…

A French film that follows a free-spirited left wing female activist and her relationship with…

A crude, rude but laugh-out-loud funny movie about, what else, a bridesmaid and how she…