By John Corrado Live-action adaptations of animated films can be a contentious thing, but if only they were all as lovely as Look Back, Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda’s live-action adaptation of the popular anime and manga of the same name. The story follows Fujino (Furi Nanase), a young manga artist in elementary school who draws… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Look Back (Special Presentations)
By John Corrado Eight years ago, Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong made Burning, a masterful slow-burn thriller. Now, in Possible Love, Lee’s belated follow up to that 2018 film, the director crafts a complex character drama focused on the entanglements between two married couples. Ho-seok (Sul Kyung-gu) and Mi-ok (Jeon Do-yeon) are a working class couple… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Possible Love (Special Presentations)
By John Corrado In Anchors Aweigh, writer-director-star Matt Barats delivers the most deadpan of deadpan comedies, mixed with video essay and home movie collage of loosely connected vignettes. The result is a mix of breakup comedy and meta mockumentary that feels destined for cult status. Playing a version of himself, Barats stars in the film… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Anchors Aweigh (Midnight Madness)
By John Corrado Written and directed by Lauren Miller Rogen, Babies is a bittersweet comedy about the personal choice whether or not to have kids, that draws a lot of elements from her own life with husband Seth Rogen. Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick star in the film as Aaron and Annie, a happily married… Read More #TIFF26 Review: Babies (Gala Presentations)
