Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility (2026) offers a more restrained and naturalistic interpretation of Jane Austen’s celebrated novel, emphasizing economic insecurity, social conventions, and romantic disappointment. Despite its attractive cinematography and competent performances, the adaptation struggles to reconcile its realistic ambitions with the emotional demands of the story, making the hardships of romance more convincing than its enchantment.
My review of Andrew Haigh’s *A Long Winter*, a beautifully crafted but dramatically conventional family drama set in Colorado and filmed in the Canadian Rockies. Starring Fred Hechinger, Caitríona Balfe, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Kit Connor, the film follows a young man searching for his missing mother as her absence exposes the emotional fractures within his family. André Turpin’s extraordinary cinematography transforms the snowy mountains into an expressive landscape of loneliness, memory, and longing. Yet despite its accomplished production, sensitive performances, and visual elegance, the film’s familiar narrative and overly insistent soundtrack prevent it from achieving the emotional intensity its setting promises.
by Hudson Moura TIFF’s Short Cuts 2026 Programme 01 brings together six films that are very different in tone and form, but…
My review of Simon Stone’s *Elsinore*, one of the most moving films at TIFF 2026, featuring an extraordinary performance by Andrew Scott as Scottish actor Ian Charleson. Facing the final stages of AIDS, Charleson chooses to perform Hamlet rather than allow illness to define his remaining life. Combining humour, theatrical camaraderie, queer history, and emotional restraint, the film explores artistic creation as an affirmation of existence. With an outstanding ensemble, including Olivia Colman, *Elsinore* offers a profoundly human portrayal of mortality that celebrates life without diminishing the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic.