Sunday, January 21, 2018

Sundance 2018: 'The Kindergarten Teacher' Review


In The Kindergarten Teacher (a remake of an Israeli film), Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a woman who begins to believe that one of her students is a poetry prodigy -- and that she's the only who can guide him to a bright future. When does mentorship turn into something darker and more upsetting? That's just one question asked by this enigmatic film. My review is up at Screen International.