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:


  • blood-quantum-01-Feature-image
    September 7, 2019

    TIFF 2019: Blood Quantum Video Review

    TIFF 2019’s Midnight Madness opener Blood Quantum is a Canadian zombie horror film set in an isolated Mi’gmaq community. Watch Jason Gorber’s video review!

  • TIFF 2019 Clifton Hill
    September 7, 2019

    TIFF 2019: Clifton Hill Review

    Jason Gorber is broadcasting live from TIFF 2019 with a review of the Canadian psychological thriller Clifton Hill.

  • Sea Fever TIFF 2019
    September 6, 2019

    TIFF 2019: Sea Fever Review

    Looking for a genre gem at #TIFF19? Look no further than director Neasa Hardiman’s horror film Sea Fever.

  • The Dead Don't Die Cannes Review
    June 14, 2019

    The Dead Don’t Die Review

    Does an all-star cast and a fun premise – a small town zombie apocalypse – make for a winning formula? Watch our video review of Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die!

  • Dark Phoenix Review
    June 4, 2019

    Dark Phoenix Video Review

    Managing Editor Jason Gorber reviews Dark Phoenix – Does it raise the X-Men franchise from the ashes of Apocalypse or is it a First Class failure?

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    May 28, 2019

    Cannes 2019: Festival Close, PARASITE, Tarantino and more!

    That Shelf Managing Editor Jason Gorber appeared on Turkish TV to talk all things Cannes – from the Palme d’Or winner Parasite, director Quentin Tarantino’s latest bit of magic, and some of the thematic elements that tied the films of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival together.

  • Parasite Bong Joon-Ho Cannes Review
    May 22, 2019

    Cannes 2019: Parasite Review

    Managing Editor Jason Gorber reports from the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on Bong Joon-ho’s new film Parasite!