Saloum

2021

★★★★½ Liked Watched

An outstanding surprise and the true discovery of TIFF this year. There's a touch of unleashed Raimi energy to this but otherwise this is like nothing I've ever seen before.

The Good House

2021

★★½ Watched

An acute reminder that we haven't had nearly enough Sigourney Weaver movies in the last 20 years and certainly not enough lead performances. I really wish this was a better movie because she's always so damn good.

Medusa

2021

★★★ Watched

A little too long and shaggy to land the knock-out punch but there's some stunning sequences here.

The Desperate Hour

2021

★★ Watched

Running looks hard

The Guilty

2021

★★★ Watched

This movie mostly works but I can't deny that I'm actively dreading the wave of these small, isolated COVID-shot movies in the year ahead

Dashcam

2021

Watched

I clearly saw a different movie than the rabid TIFF Midnight crowd. Such a disappointing comedown following the lean perfection of Host.

The Power of the Dog

2021

★★★★ Watched

I just want Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst to be happy

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021

★★★ Watched

I mean, who doesn't love a little sprinkle of Snoop Dogg now and then?

Good Madam

2021

★★★ Watched

There's some solid dread here and an interesting idea, but I wanted this to get Argento-crazy

Violet

2021

★★½ Watched

If a Sundance movie doesn't play Sundance, is it still a Sundance movie?

True Things

2021

★★ Watched

Tough sit. Too many over-scored close-ups of Ruth Wilson and not nearly enough Tom Burke.

As in Heaven

2021

★★★★½ Watched

A captivating debut and also a full-on horror movie.