
"Akilla's Escape" is not your average crime story
Terrific performances by Saul Williams and Thamela Mpumlwana make this saga special.

"In the Heights" turns the pursuit of life dreams into a song-and-dance summer spectacle
Think of the movie as a series of vibrant short stories, constantly in motion.


Myth cute in Christian Petzold's "Undine" as two slippery people dive headfirst into love
What should we make of the mysterious giant catfish that keeps swimming past?

"Cinema is not dead!" Cannes director Thierry Frémaux declares, as the show goes on
Cannes Film Festival unveils its 2021 Official Selection as it carries on despite pandemic.


Hollywood North Film Awards show celebrates Canadian movies that push boundaries
The most indie of Canadian film awards salutes innovative Canuck films.

Sympathy for the "Cruella" de Vil in Disney's latest origin story
Emma Stone and Emma Thompson make engagingly evil rivals in fashionista prequel to "101 Dalmations"


On the cusp of 95, Norman Jewison is still a filmmaker for all reasons
Book celebrates "In the Heat of the Night," "Fiddler on the Roof" & "Moonstruck" director.

Angelina Jolie leaps back into the action game with "Those Who Wish Me Dead"
Survival thriller offers escapism, because its many onscreen dangers aren’t viral.

Life sucks and then you sigh in "About Endlessness"
"About Endlessness," the latest exercise in artful gloom by Sweden's Roy Andersson, makes mundanity special.