Jason Gorber
Editor-in-Chief / Chief Critic
Jason Gorber is a film journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, OFCS and the Critics Choice Association. He is CBC Radio Metro Morning's Film Correspondent, and regularly contributes to POV Magazine, RogerEbert.com and CBC Radio's q programme. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Screen Anarchy (aka TwitchFilm), SlashFilm, HighDefDigest, Birth.Movies.Death, IndieWire and more. He has appeared on CTV NewsChannel, CP24, and many other broadcasters. He has been a jury member at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival, RiverRun Film Festival, TIFF Canada's Top 10, Reel Asian, Festival Regard and Fantasia's New Flesh Award. Jason has been a Tomatometer-approved critic for over 20 years.Articles by Jason Gorber:
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October 19, 2021
Interview: RON’S GONE WRONG Art Director Karen DeJongThat Shelf sat down with Ron’s Gone Wrong Art Director Karen DeJong to talk about the new animated feature and about her remarkable career.
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October 15, 2021
Unboxing: The Beatles’ LET IT BE Super Deluxe EditionAfter a long and winding road, the Beatles have finally released the LET IT BE SUPER DELUXE 5-LP set. Here’s Jason Gorber’s review.
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October 11, 2021
Unboxing: Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg SeriesThat Shelf’s Managing Editor Jason Gorber unboxes Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 (1980-1985).
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October 11, 2021
Unboxing: The Joni Mitchell Reprise Albums Box SetThat Shelf’s Managing Editor Jason Gorber takes a look at the newly released, limited edition, 4LP box set of Joni Mitchell’s Reprise Albums.
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October 6, 2021
INTERVIEW: Noomi Rapace and Valdimar Jóhannsson talk LambThat Shelf’s Jason Gorber interviews director Vladimar Jóhannsson and star Noomi Rapace about their wild family Icelandic drama Lamb.
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October 6, 2021
DUNE: Rebecca Ferguson on Lady Jessica, Denis Villeneuve, and Arthouse Filmmaking at a Blockbuster ScaleOur exclusive interview with Rebecca Ferguson about playing Lady Jessica, working with director Denis Villeneuve, and taking an indie approach to this blockbuster epic.
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October 6, 2021
DUNE: Denis Villeneuve and Rebecca Ferguson talk Dune, Guillermo Del Toro and More!Exclusive interviews with Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve and actor Rebecca Ferguson discussing the challenges of bringing the film to life, about finding the right scope for the story, and asking a familiar friend for some help.
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October 5, 2021
Marvel’s What If…? Inteview: Animation Lead Geneviève Desbiens talks Bringing the MCU to LifeOur exclusive chat with Geneviève Desbiens from Studio Squeeze, talking about her role in bringing the characters of Disney/Marvel’s WHAT…IF? to life.
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October 1, 2021
The Many Saints of Newark Video ReviewIs The Many Saints of Newark a prequel worthy of the award-winning Sopranos series? Our Chief Film Critic Jason Gorber gives us his verdict.
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September 30, 2021
No Time to Die Video ReviewIs No Time to Die a cinematic curtain call worthy of Daniel Craig’s impressive tenure in the iconic role? Jason Gorber weighs in.
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September 19, 2021
The Card Counter Video ReviewThe Card Counter contains another exceptional performance by Oscar Isaac—even if the rest of the cast doesn’t quite keep up.
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September 17, 2021
Cry Macho Video ReviewClint Eastwood’s latest film, Cry Macho, has the iconic actor riding gently off to sunset.
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film
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TV
X-Men ’97 is Off To An X-Cellent Start With Its First Three Episodes
The Marvel Studios revival strikes the sweet spot between nostalgic and modern television sensibilities.
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music
Unboxing: Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 3 – The Asylum Years Vinyl Box Set
In this Unboxing video, Jason Gorber checks out the Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 3 on vinyl and covers just what you get with this latest release.
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podcasts
Springfield Googolplex Ep. 25: The Natural
Adam and Nate discuss The Natural on Springfield Googolplex!
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