The Brutalist takes in the motion of its characters' lives so that you can follow them in their most trying moments. Director Brady Corbet takes great care in creating moments of detail in the travels of his characters. Their choices, while not always explicit,...
Told in reverse order, The Life of Chuck begins with the third act and ends with the first. This structure, while unconvential, becomes essential to learning about who Chuck is and what he represents. People like Chuck are superheroes. They are the people who, despite...
Starring Jharrel Jerome, Jerome takes on a character that continues to solidify his positions as a star leading actor. What makes Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) seemingly Unstoppable is the chip on his shoulder. He is continually underestimated, under-recruited and,...
Starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, Relay is a contained, but expansive, thriller set in New York City. Sarah (Lily James) first finds Ash (Riz Ahmed) as she seeks a middleman between corporations and the people who have discovered terrible secrets about them. Using a...
A philosophical and trying film for its characters, Eden presents people who believe that they are above nature but, ultimately, all behest to their animal instincts. The first two on the titular island is Dr.Ritter and his partner Dora. Ritter is there to create a...
Directed by Mike Leigh, Hard Truths introduces us to Pansy, a mother with a dramatic personality. The focus of Pansy's world is her family, who seem to be clambering up in the face of her anger and lack of joy in the world. The film shows Pansy's family in different...
We are all pumped for the 10 days of film fun and excitement. We here at Screenfish cannot wait to see and share our enthuasiasm about this year's TIFF with you all. With that being said there are some films we are really looking forward to seeing. Everyone on the...
From the cold open of his attempted assassination, Reagan utilizes the perspective of an aging Russian communist reflecting on his reporting and tracking of Reagan's uprising to become president. The man seems to know everything about Reagan from his childhood in a...
As an American filmmaker, Jeff Nichols has always been interested in America and its more unexplored parts. In another collaboration with Michael Shannon (but not starring him), Nichols loosely adapts the plotless collection of photos and interviews of Danny Lyon, who...