Review: ‘The Apprentice’ is insubstantial in light of current events
‘The Apprentice’ is a high-level account of the start of Donald Trump’s real estate career, noting his relationship with infamous attorney, Roy Cohn.
On Screen
Smart reviews for the visually obsessed. On Screen features film reviews and festival coverage, spotlighting cinematic craft, storytelling and standout performances.
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Review: ‘Saturday Night’ depicts a comedy miracle
‘Saturday Night’ is a feverish account of the minutes before the famed sketch comedy show made its first live broadcast.
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Review: ‘The Outrun’ is a stark representation of sobriety
‘The Outrun’ follows a young woman’s difficult path to healing as she battles her alcohol addiction and memories of her bad behaviour.
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Review: ‘Hold Your Breath’s threat is coming from inside the house
‘Hold Your Breath’ is a gothic tale of fear and anxiety in which the line between reality and nightmare blur.
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Review: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ deliberately and mistakenly loses focus
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ combines the title character’s murder trial with a poorly concocted musical.
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Review: ‘Die Alone’ is a puzzle set in the post-apocalypse
‘Die Alone’ follows a young man with amnesia’s quest to find his missing girlfriend in a zombie-riddled world.
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Review: ‘Megalopolis’ tries to cram everything into one very ambitious film
‘Megalopolis’ is Francis Ford Coppola’s epic, occasionally coherent picture that combines political drama, romance and fantasy.
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Review: It’s easy to love ‘The Wild Robot’
‘The Wild Robot’ is a thoughtful and touching animated feature about family, friends and finding home.
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Review: ‘The Substance’ impossibly tries to balance competing interests
‘The Substance’ takes body horror to new depths as a woman’s attempts to recapture her youth has disastrous results.
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Review: ‘Transformers One’ respects the legacy with its new perspective
‘Transformers One’ is the thrilling tale of friends on a world-changing quest to save their planet that will inevitably shatter their bond.
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Review: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ understands its nostalgic assignment
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ brings the living back into the Afterlife, which is filled with unusual characters.
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Review: ‘The Crow’ fails on so many levels
‘The Crow’ is a sluggish story that centres on the power of a fragile romance as its dead protagonist awkwardly seeks revenge.
