Articles by Ben Harrison
Tully
Directed by Jason Reitman
PUBLISHED May 4, 2018
How do you solve a problem like Jason Reitman? For more than a decade now, the Canadian director has fancied himself a Jonathan Demme-esque...
TIFF 2017: Happy End
Directed by Michael Haneke
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2017
Is there a filmmaker more preoccupied with revisiting themes from his body of work these days than Michael Haneke? In 2017, you could count...
PACmen
Directed by Luke Walker
PUBLISHED May 2, 2017
Luke Walker's PACmen is an effective, if slight, look at the inner workings behind Dr. Ben Carson's failed presidential bid. The film is as...
Paterson
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2017
This review was originally published during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Paterson, the new film by American treasure Jim J...
Toni Erdmann
Directed by Maren Ade
PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2017
Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann shouldn't work as well as it does. At nearly three hours in length, the German comedy veers in tone through outrag...
In a Valley of Violence
Directed by Ti West
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2016
Ti West is a very difficult filmmaker to pin down. Rooting his work in the 'mumblegore' scene along with a cohort made up of Adam Wingard a...
The Birth of a Nation
Directed by Nate Parker
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2016
Nate Parker's writer/director/starring turn triple-threat The Birth of a Nation turned heads at Sundance with its provocative subject matte...
Blair Witch
Directed by Adam Wingard
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2016
Is Adam Wingard the best genre filmmaker working today? Blair Witch makes a compelling argument in his favour, after back-to-back audience...
