By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Inspired by Thomas King’s autobiographical 2012 book The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, the documentary Inconvenient Indian takes a very unconventional approach to adapting the source material. Using King’s book as the jumping off point, director Michelle Latimer has instead crafted a… Read More #TIFF20 Review: Inconvenient Indian (TIFF Docs)
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The latest collaboration between Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg and actor Mads Mikkelsen, following their Oscar-nominated 2012 drama The Hunt, Another Round is a well acted film about drinking and the impact, both good and bad, that alcohol can have on people’s lives. Martin (Mikkelsen) is a high school… Read More #TIFF20 Review: Another Round (Special Presentations)
By John Corrado ★★★★ (out of 4) Built around a vital and exciting conversation between four Black icons, One Night in Miami is one of the best movies of the year. The majority of the the film is set on the night of February 25th, 1964, in the hours after young boxer Cassius Clay (Eli… Read More #TIFF20 Review: One Night in Miami (Gala Presentations)
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