Film Reviews by Joanne Laurier
Changeling: more cult of the individual
By Joanne Laurier, November 14, 2008
Clint Eastwood’s Changeling is based on a true story about a Los Angeles mother who is given a runaway boy in place of her kidnapped son.
Body of Lies and Flash of Genius: One closer to the truth than the other
By Joanne Laurier, November 3, 2008
Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies gives advice on how better to prosecute the so-called “war on terror,” while Flash of Genius provides a moving account of a real-life battle against corporate crimina...
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 4
Repentance, betrayal and the less dramatic
By Joanne Laurier, October 23, 2008
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008—Part 2
Art, artists, the difficulties of the 20th century
By Joanne Laurier, October 16, 2008
This is the second in a series of articles on the recent Vancouver International Film Festival (September 25-October 10).
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 4
Some urgency about the state of the world
By Joanne Laurier, September 26, 2008
This is the fourth of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13).
Toronto International Film Festival 2008—Part 2
Social drama
By Joanne Laurier, September 20, 2008
This is the second of a series of articles devoted to the recent Toronto film festival (September 4-13). Part 1 was published September 18. A deeply felt humanism characterized many of the films see...
Buffalo '66:
By David Walsh and Joanne Laurier, July 22, 1998
Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66, co-scripted by the director and Alison Bagnall, is one of the most beautiful and moving American films I have seen in a very long time. It deserves the support of every se...
