Kevin Jagernauth

Montreal

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Contributing Critic at The Playlist

Writer of words, feeler of feelings. kevinjag at gmail dot com.

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All That's Left of You

2 months ago | thefilmverdict.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Home - Sundance 2025 - All That’s Left of You VERDICT: A timely and tough drama that reckons with a Palestinian family's intergenerational trauma. This week, in the midst of a fragile ceasefire, 300,000 Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza.
GEN_ - The Film Verdict

2 months ago | thefilmverdict.com | Kevin Jagernauth

VERDICT: This timely doc offers a candid and empathetic look at gender-affirming care. In the run-up to her election in 2022, right-wing Italian Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni declared,
Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review

Dec 11, 2024 | ioncinema.com | Kevin Jagernauth

First Blood: Khaled Mansour’s Debut Follows A Man Ready To Fight For The Fate Of His DogIn First Blood, John Rambo is a quiet and unassuming Vietnam war veteran who is pushed to take extreme measures when he’s bullied by a small town sheriff.
Taste The Revolution | 2024 Red Sea Intl. Film Festival Review

Dec 9, 2024 | ioncinema.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Revolution Summer: Klein Unearths A Political Satire Over 20 Years In The MakingMaking a movie is all about timing. If you’re lucky, you get the cast and crew you want, scrape together the money, go into production, and then excitedly head into the edit to put the finishing touches on your picture. If you’re writer/director Daniel Klein, you manage to do all the above, only to find your whole project turned sideways by 9/11.
‎‘Gladiator II’ review by Kevin Jagernauth • Letterboxd

Nov 28, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Remember when Nick Cave wrote a proposed script for a "Gladiator" sequel that would've followed "the reincarnation of Maximus as the eternal warrior, the betrayal of Hephaestus , the sickness unto death of the Roman gods, the martyrdoms of St. Irenaeus of Lyon and St. Cassian of Imola, the persecution of Emperor Decius, the Crusades, and the Vietnam war [and] ended in the men's bathroom at the Pentagon"? I'm not joking, and yes it's real.
The Flats - The Film Verdict

Nov 25, 2024 | thefilmverdict.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Home - Festivals - The Flats VERDICT: A potent and powerful documentary journey into the past and present of The Troubles. “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children,” IRA freedom fighter Bobby Sands famously
Energetic 49th Toronto International Film Festival Buzzes with Oscar Season Hopefuls

Sep 13, 2024 | thefilmverdict.com | Kevin Jagernauth

VERDICT: 2024 awards race takes shape as TIFF brings stars and prestige to the red carpet. Oscar hopefuls, future cult classics, festival circuit favorites, and even prestige television all gComplimentary Registration or log in to read the rest of this review.
The Assessment | 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Sep 13, 2024 | ioncinema.com | Kevin Jagernauth

The Parent Trap: Elizabeth Olsen Tries Not to Break In Fleur Fortuné’s Debut The AssessmentThe one thing you can count as the world gets worse is a government bureaucracy aimed at making life even more difficult. That’s the general premise of The Assessment, a heady sci-fi dramedy in which even the upper echelon of the 1% don’t find sanctuary from the unseen hand around their necks.
The Swedish Torpedo

Sep 12, 2024 | thefilmverdict.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Home - Festivals - The Swedish Torpedo VERDICT: Frida Kempff's powerful biopic defies conventions as it studies the intersection of patriarchy and sport. As refreshing as a dip in a cool lake on a hot summer day, The Swedish Torpedo deftly kicks away fro
Bring Them Down | 2024 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Sep 10, 2024 | ioncinema.com | Kevin Jagernauth

Everybody Hurts: All Pain and No Gain in Christopher Andrews’ Debut Bring Them DownIf misery loves company, then Bring Them Down is a party. The feature debut by Christopher Andrews is set in a dour and desolate vision of rural Ireland, and feels like the cinematic equivalent of walking through a foggy bog with mud up to your knees.