Critics list

Paul Ennis

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Publications:

NOW Toronto

Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

91%

3/5

EDIT

“Von Trotta's personal essay, complete with key interviews and a multitude of film clips, is an affectionate portrait that rekindles the flame of one of cinema's towering figures.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 10, 2018

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Climax (2018)

69%

4/5

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“Climax is 45 minutes of exuberance and technical brilliance, revealed in long, brilliantly choreographed takes.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 8, 2018

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Burning (2018)

95%

3/5

EDIT

“The three actors bring a vitality and intensity to their roles, making the film a gripping character study.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Capernaum (2018)

90%

4/5

EDIT

“Her frank depiction of unseemly behaviour is heartbreakingly real, her tireless humanism a constant presence.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Rafiki (2018)

94%

3/5

EDIT

“Director Kahiu has a keen eye for Nairobi's vibrant street life, and her handling of the burgeoning relationship feels sincere and natural.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Everybody Knows (2018)

78%

3/5

EDIT

“A mélange of fast-moving entertainment and turgid melodrama, of high-wattage actors battling low-rent dialogue, Farhadi's first foray outside of Iran will please a Gala audience looking for star power” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Donbass (2018)

88%

4/5

EDIT

“The film's aim is true: no one's immune from the conflict and the breakdown of the state.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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The Image Book (2018)

90%

4/5

EDIT

“Jean-Luc Godard's Cassandra cry, The Image Book is a roiling cauldron of film clips, images and voice-over that crackles and pops with ideas.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)

95%

4/5

EDIT

“A bravura display of passionate filmmaking.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Birds of Passage (2018)

96%

4/5

EDIT

“Watching it happen is intoxicating; the gripping action feels utterly authentic and the actors (a combo of professional and amateur) complex and believable.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Girl (2018)

84%

4/5

EDIT

“Belgian dancer Victor Polster delivers a breathtaking, star-making performance that dominates the screen. Dhont's sensitive, empathetic direction keeps us riveted.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Girls of the Sun (2018)

48%

2/5

EDIT

“It's important to see these women taking control of their lives and courageously reclaiming their future, but a documentary might have served them better.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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3 Faces (2018)

98%

4/5

EDIT

“The result is a modest, empathetic film, Kiarostami-like in spirit, about the power of the dream of living an artist's life in the face of an unyielding patriarchal state.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 6, 2018

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Redoubtable (2017)

54%

2/5

EDIT

“The facile treatment of a turning point in the artistic and political life of this cinematic icon does it no justice.” –

NOW Toronto

May 10, 2018

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BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)

99%

3/5

EDIT

“What saves the film is the love story between two ACT UP members whose care and devotion to each other provide an emotional touchstone the rest lacks.” –

NOW Toronto

Oct 12, 2017

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The Florida Project (2017)

96%

4/5

EDIT

“Vividly shot in 35mm, The Florida Project continues Baker's insightful chronicling of society's underbelly.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 8, 2017

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The Day After (2017)

79%

4/5

EDIT

“Elegantly shot in glorious black-and-white, the film is buoyed by Kim's charming performance. Love affairs don't always turn out the way you expect.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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Loveless (2017)

95%

4/5

EDIT

“Rarely has a film's title been so apt and precise.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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Western (2017)

96%

3/5

EDIT

“A nuanced look at masculinity and cultural imperialism” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

79%

4/5

EDIT

“Essential to maintaining the powerful atmospherics is the superb cast, which includes Nicole Kidman as the surgeon's unsuspecting wife.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017)

80%

3/5

EDIT

“It's often surreal, sometimes blasphemous, but overwhelmingly devotional.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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The Square (2017)

85%

4/5

EDIT

“[Ruben] Östlund's provocative, keenly observed take on the contemporary art world is compulsively watchable.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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April's Daughter (2017)

60%

4/5

EDIT

“This disquieting look down at motherly love gone to extremes is an object lesson in cinematic tonal control.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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Radiance (2017)

63%

3/5

EDIT

“[Naomi] Kawase focuses our attention through extreme close-ups, invariably making exquisite use of natural autumnal light as she reminds us of the consequences of sightlessness” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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A Ciambra (2017)

89%

3/5

EDIT

“Pio's irascible extended family is a director's dream, and as the charismatic teen faces an uncertain adulthood, Amato clearly earns his star status.” –

NOW Toronto

Sep 7, 2017

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