Noah R. Taylor

Noah R. Taylor

Associate Editor
Noah knows film. In addition to Dork Shelf, he has contributed to sites such as Indiewire and Art of the Title. His love of the medium always puts him on the side of the filmmaker when writing his reviews, so they have to go out out their way to get bad one. That being said, Noah’s opinion, while still just an opinion, is an educated one. From working in a video store, to studying film at Concordia University, acting in indie films, writing screenplays, to shooting and editing EPK material, he is a true cinephile who appreciates that when it comes to movies, no one will ever know all there is to know or see all there is to see.

Articles by Noah R. Taylor:


  • January 24, 2015
    Slamdance 2015: Wendell and the Lemon Review

    Wendell and the Lemon is like no film you’ve ever seen before. It is about a man obsessed with a lemon he finds. If you were to ascribe a genre to it it would definitely be a comedy, as most of it is hilarious. There are however long stretches in the second half with few […]

  • January 24, 2015
    Slamdance 2015 Interview: Britni West

    As part of our continuing coverage of the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival, we sat down with filmmaker Britni West to talk about her lyrical look at life in rural Montana, Tired Moonlight . That Shelf: This movie has very free flowing feel to it. Can you walk me through the process a little, from writing, […]

  • January 23, 2015
    Slamdance 2015: On Her Own Review

    Many documentaries have been made about family farms in hard times, with struggles caused by large scale farming, bad economies, poor weather, etc. At first glance, On Her Own looks like it could just be another in a row of films documenting the plight of the independent farmer, but it’s really more about how Nancy […]

  • January 23, 2015
    Slamdance 2015: Tired Moonlight Review

    Director Britni West’s collage of life in rural Montana will undoubtedly draw comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick. It is free flowing in form, beautifully shot, and its narrative is secondary to an overall feeling the film creates with different characters providing poetic voiceover in favour of dialogue. The film shifts between several “protagonists” […]

  • January 22, 2015
    Leviathan Review

    Rightfully Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Film, Leviathan is a well acted, beautifully shot film that highlights the best of mother nature and the worst of human nature.

  • November 11, 2014
    Thought Bubble: Pixar’s Second Golden Era?

    In the same week Disney scores big with Big Hero 6 , Pixar announces yet another sequel in the works. Is this cause for worry or is Pixar’s second golden era upon us?

  • November 5, 2014
    Planet in Focus 2014: Family Farm Review

    Family Farm In the documentary Family Farm , filmmaker Ari A. Cohen examines some of the challenges small scale farmers face in today’s world of mass production. Visiting farms between Prince Edward Island and Manitoba, Cohen speaks with several types of farmers dealing with a variety of hardships, from livestock disease to pesticides to the […]

  • October 24, 2014
    TAD 2014: Why Horror? Review

    Why Horror? The only documentary playing at Toronto After Dark examines why festivals like this exist. While the popularity of horror films may wane with the ebb and flow of moviegoer’s genre appetites, they are constantly consumed by the hardcore fans who are bloody passionate about the screen’s ability to shock and awe. For every […]

  • October 10, 2014
    God Help The Girl Review

    Pleasing from a musical standpoint, God Help the Girl has it’s heart and mind in the wrong place.

  • September 25, 2014
    Believe Me Review

    Believe Me is a faith based comedy that succeeds primarily because of all the confidence it has in itself.

  • September 9, 2014
    TIFF 2014: Short Cuts Canada Program 6 Reviews

    The shorts that make up Program 6 all address some kind of exploration. Exploration of other planets, other dimensions, or even just different ways of living. It’s a broad theme that brings with it the best and the worst of the Short Cuts Canada programs. A standout film, not just in this program but in […]

  • September 9, 2014
    TIFF 2014: Good Kill Review

    Good Kill Special Presentations Voltage Pictures had a huge hit six years ago with The Hurt Locker.  This year they deliver a very different kind of war movie with  Good Kill. Ethan Hawke plays Tommy Egan, an ex fighter pilot who now fights terrorists 7000 miles away as a drone pilot based in Las Vegas. […]

  • September 8, 2014
    TIFF 2014: Short Cuts Canada Program 5 Reviews

    Short Cuts Canada Programme 5 seems to be where they put all the shorts that would show in front of the Midnight Madness features if TIFF programmed them that way. These are the genre shorts, the crude comedies, and the freaky deaky. The little bit of animated goodness that is Sol Friendman’s Day 40  posits […]