All Reviews articles – Page 307
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Reviews'Ask The Sexpert': Hot Docs Review
At 93, the straight-talking Dr Mahinder Watsa tackes sexual ignorance in his daily Mumbai Mirror column
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Reviews'Pecking Order': Hot Docs Review
New Zealand’s competitive chicken breeders fear fowl play in this highly-entertaining Hot Docs title
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Reviews'Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story' - Hot Docs Review
The tragic story of the late footballer Jusin Fashanu and his sibling John recalls a homophobic, racist Britain of the 1980s
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Reviews'Sleepless': Review
Jamie Foxx makes a high-octane return in Swiss director Baran bo Odar’s bullet-strafed blitzkrieg about corrupt cops in Las Vegas
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Reviews'Bobbi Jene': Tribeca Review
Elvira Lind’s remarkable documentary follows two years in the life of provocative dancer Bobbi Jene Smith
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Reviews'Mermaids': Hot Docs Review
The practice of “mermaiding” is gently examined in this fluid, slippery doc.
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Reviews'De toutes mes forces': Review
A teenage orphan lives a double life in this involving French drama which deserves to be widely seen
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Reviews'Elián’: Hot Docs Review
The five year-old boy found floating in the Florida Straits in 1999 tells his side of the story
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Reviews'Bee Nation': Hot Docs Review
Crowd-pleaser set on Canada’s First Nation reserves opens Toronto’s Hot Docs festival
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Reviews'Frank Serpico': Tribeca Review
Dir/scr: Antonino D’Ambrosio. US. 2017. 96mins In 1971, disillusioned New York City cop Frank Serpico took on the systemic corruption he saw in the force and beyond; an action which then saw him labelled as a hero by some, and a traitor by most. With unprecedented access ...
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Reviews'When God Sleeps': Tribeca Review
Up close and personal with Shahin Najafi, the German-based ‘Salman Rushdie of rap’
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Reviews'Dabka': Tribeca Review
Evan Peters and Barkhad Abdi star in a story of a Canadian journalist and Somali pirates which also features Al Pacino
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Reviews'The Circle': Tribeca Review
Social media-based thriller based on Dave Eggers’ 2013 novel starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson
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Reviews'How To Be A Latin Lover': Review
An ageing gigolo gets his comeuppance in the latest from comic Eugenio Derbez, with Salma Hayek, Kirsten Bell, Rob Lowe and Michael Cera in support
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ReviewsWhitney 'Can I Be Me': Tribeca Review
It may be unauthorised, but Nick Broomfield’s story of a beautiful diva’s descent into drugs is certainly respectful
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Reviews'Aardvark': Tribeca Review
Zachary Quinto produces and stars alongside Jon Hamm in this tale of family dysfunction
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Reviews'Unlocked': Review
Dir. Michael Apted. UK/US, 2017 128 minsUnlocked tests some interesting commercial waters by dispatching a gun-toting CIA operative played by Noomi Rapace into territory previously occupied by men. Bruce, Denzel, Liam, Matt Damon, in the guise of Jason Bourne, or Gerard Butler in “…Has Fallen”, this ...
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Reviews'Thirst Street': Tribeca Review
Dir. Nathan Silver. US/France. 2017. 83 minutes A love-struck American flight attendant spirals into a sado-masochistic fixation with a loutish French bartender in Thirst Street, a tale of obsession directed by Nathan Silver in gauzy hues that recall the 1970s. While he’s a prolific indie director, Thirst ...
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Reviews'My Friend Dahmer': Tribeca Review
Director Marc Meyers has a breakout hit on his hands with this graphic memoir-based drama about the serial killer’s early years, starring Ross Lynch
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Reviews'Abundant Acreage Available': Tribeca Review
A North Carolina-set comedy-drama set on a farm starring Amy Ryan and executive produced by Martin Scorsese