Hereafter

Clint Eastwood looks into the great beyond and sees dead people – lots of them, and chatty souls they are, too.

"...Thierry Neuvic, Derek Jacobi, Marthe Keller and Richard Kind. Hereafter is a consistently identifiable Clint Eastwood movie only in..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sweet Hereafter

"...daughter has been lost to drug addiction. The Sweet Hereafter fashions a rich, haunting tale from this anguish, a..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Segregation in the Hereafter?

March 28, 1997 News Feature

Felicia's Journey

"...multifaceted gem that Atom Egoyan's previous film The Sweet Hereafter was, the director's film adaptation of William Trevor's novel..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Winchester

Helen Mirren fights off ghosts with construction tools.

"...spirits and assisting others to move on into the hereafter. This sort of out-of-the-casket thinking didn’t go over very..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coco

A moving and colorful addition to the Pixar filmography

"...Ernesto’s reliquary and instantly finds himself transported to the hereafter. No bones about it, Pixar’s animators have imagineered a..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chloe

Atom Egoyan's new film is an erotic thriller that stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and the mismatched Amanda Seyfried.

"...films have coasted since 1997’s amazing, multi-award-winning The Sweet Hereafter. Once the maker of smart, polished, and erotically charged..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adoration

Atom Egoyan returns ambitiously to form with this probing, if not always successful, drama that reveals his ongoing fascination with the subjective nature of truth.

"...viewed as a narrative conceit. Still, Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) remains one of our top filmmakers to engage in..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Truth Lies

Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan goes for the mainstream with this new murder mystery, but sadly his aim is way, way off.

"...and Maury Chaykin. Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica) goes for the mainstream with his latest, Where..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Affliction

"...was also the basis for Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. Paul Schrader's treatment of the material (he also wrote..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Peace Hotel

"...intent on sending the injured young man into the hereafter. Unfortunately, most of what follows this promising prologue, which..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Passed Away

"...shock of a welcome-back-to-work party dropkicks him into the hereafter. Uh-oh, time to bring the Scanlan clan together to..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Reeling in '98

The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998

"...1. The Sweet Hereafter (39) 2. Hands on a Hard Body (28) 3...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

The Truman Show

"...The Sweet Hereafter..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...as Deconstructing Harry, Wag the Dog, and The Sweet Hereafter -- all of which were released during the last..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Best Films of the Decade

"...the Lambs, GoodFellas, When We Were Kings, The Sweet Hereafter, Unforgiven, Trainspotting, and American Beauty appear on at least..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

A Double Shot of Wry

Author Neal Barrett, Jr.

"...quirky literary fiction like his acclaimed 1991 novel The Hereafter Gang cheek-to-jowl with hardcore science fiction along the lines..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Books Feature by Mike Shea

279 Movies and 2 Funerals

Toronto International Film Festival Report

"...films that fell into this category were The Sweet Hereafter, the festival opener (and Cannes Grand Prize winner) which..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Veils

Atom Egoyan drama about trauma and opera

"...and Maia Jae Bastidas. Director Adam Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) incorporates footage from his production of Salome for the..."

March 7, 2025 Movie Review

From the Vaults: Good Golly, Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley writes and directs her second film, 'Take This Waltz'

"...the States for her leading roles in The Sweet Hereafter and the successful remake of Dawn of the Dead...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post

The Movie Bug

Touching down at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...making for the last several years) and Clint Eastwood's Hereafter (which is thoroughly different from anything the director has..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Away From Her

Based on a short story by Alice Munro and confidently directed by actress-turned-director Sarah Polley, this drama starring the stunning-as-ever Julie Christie is a penetrating story about love's mysteries.

"...her turns in Go and Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter) not yet out of her 20s and making her..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

"...Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

We Are Marshall

There are football movies, and then there’s this 800-pound gorilla of a gridiron weepie, which should be penalized for roughing the viewer.

"...movie about a small-town tragedy, Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter – based on the eponymous Russell Banks novel and..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Five Senses

"...who also played the bus driver in The Sweet Hereafter), a massage therapist who touches strangers all day long..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...of the Affair; Atom Egoyan follows up The Sweet Hereafter with another literary adaptation, Felicia's Journey; Barry Levinson (Diner,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postscripts

Carl Anderson's unique perspective on Christmas; local authors with reissued books in the works; and upcoming literary events.

"...Mojo Press has just reissued two classics, The Hereafter Gang and Interstate Dreams, by Neal Barrett Jr., "who..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Guinevere

"...down during several fuzzily romantic interludes. Polley (The Sweet Hereafter) and Rea (The Crying Game) are both well-cast: She..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Disturbing Behavior

"...of small-town America's mental health problems: Greenwood (The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica) is on board as school shrink Dr. Caldicott,..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hanging Garden

"...teen version of Sweet William, Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter) as the teenaged Rosemary, and Seana McKenna as the..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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