Reviews include Superman, Apocalypse in the Tropics, and To a Land Unknown.
TFCA Friday: Week of Friday, October 20th, 2017
October 20, 2017
Welcome to TFCA Friday, a weekly round-up of film reviews and articles by TFCA critics.
Reviews and features by: Peter Howell (PH), Gilbert Seah (GS), Barry Hertz (BH), Karen Gordon (KG), Liam Lacey (LL), Brian D. Johnson (BDJ), Norm Wilner (NW), and Susan G. Cole (SGC).
Opening this Week
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (dir. Tyler Perry)
Breathe (dir. Andy Serkis)
Ex Libris (dir. Frederick Wiseman)
Human Flow (dir. Ai Weiwei)
Drone shots that show panoramic quilts of human suffering are “beautiful and shocking at the same time,” says Ai, in an insightful interview with Brian D. Johnson. “Only God can have a view like that. It shows how fragile our human condition can be”
Leatherface (dirs. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury)
“Okay for [franchise] fans, but does the rest of the world need to see this?” — GS
Only the Brave (dir. Joseph Kosinski)
“Great performances all around, particularly from Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges” — GS
The Snowman (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
“Alfredson’s worst film—a sad deviation from a director who has seldom missed his mark” — GS
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (dir. Rory Kennedy)
“As interesting as Laird the man” — GS
Una (dir. Benedict Andrews)
Remembering Gord Downie: Moving Images Made With Words
In addition to a tribute to the late musician, Peter Howell recalls an incredible story involving the Tragically Hip