Sight & Sound articles
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Four cosmic journeys at Toronto’s Wavelengths 2019
From solar storm intrigue to lusty lionesses, othered mosquitos and feminist communards in Syria, these four highlights of the Toronto Film Festival’s experimental showcase took Ela Bittencourt to terrible and wonderful parallel worlds.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 -
True History of the Kelly Gang first look: a proudly unstable portrait of the Australian outlaw
George MacKay’s Ned Kelly writes his own would-be legend against the warts-and-all backdrop of Justin Kurzel’s gruesome and empathetic biopic, writes Elena Lazic.
Tuesday 29 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
Terminator: Dark Fate review – apocalypse once more, with women to the fore
Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor takes charge of this familiar reboot of the techno-terror franchise, with old teammates Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron back for the reprise, says Michael Hale.
Tuesday 29 October 2019 -
Workforce review: a stark parable of building injustice
Tyrants can be toppled but tyranny is a more obdurate proposition in David Zonana’s beady drama of a construction worker occupying the luxury villa he has built, writes Naomi Obeng.
Monday 28 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find review: an intense tale of crime and retribution
Sarah Bolger gives a remarkable performance as a young widow whose home is invaded by violent crime in this refreshingly astute gangster thriller, writes Kim Newman.
Friday 25 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
The Beach Bum review: Harmony Korine’s shaggy dog story of an endless summer
Matthew McConaughey plays a layabout writer cruising through life without consequences in this blissed-out picaresque that tis more lackadaisical than lazy, writes Nick Pinkerton.
Friday 25 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
The Last Black Man in San Francisco review: a bloated portrait of a city in flux
An aspiring playwright stakes his claim to a house in a neighbourhood buffeted by immigration, deportation and gentrification in Joe Talbot’s overwrought directorial debut, writes Nick Pinkerton.
Friday 25 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
By the Grace of God review: François Ozon confronts child abuse in the Catholic Church
This nimbly made story of three survivors bringing a predator to account is a rare film that understands the weight of both trauma and forgiveness, writes Roger Clarke.
Thursday 24 October 2019 -
Monos review: a fever dream of children at war
Alejandro Landes’s surrealist portrait of child soldiers living in chaos is an anarchic and unpredictable experience right until the end, writes Maria Delgado.
Thursday 24 October 2019 -
From the Magazine
After Pialat: the young realists of 1990s French cinema
Heavily indebted to the spirit of Maurice Pialat, the New French Cinema of the 1990s found its voice with some raw realist gems, writes Ginette Vincendeau.
Wednesday 23 October 2019
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