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:


  • April 21, 2014
    Hot Docs 2014: The Immortalists Review

    The Immortalists World Showcase The Immortalists follows Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, two very different biologists who share the same goal: reversing the aging process. While their common objective does cause their paths to intersect from time to time, they’re not on the same journey. As a result, the film lacks focus, delving into […]

  • October 3, 2013
    Video: Copper Set Visit

    That Shelf was fortunate enough to visit the Toronto set of Copper where Five Points has been recreated inside what used to be the Fenwick Automotive factory. Cast members let us in on what’s bigger and better about season two and why working on the show has been such a fun and humbling experience.

  • August 9, 2013
    Lovelace Review

    Despite a clever, non-linear structure the biopic Lovelace narrows its focus too much to be an interesting or even all that original look at its subject.

  • July 23, 2013
    First slate of films announced for TIFF 2013

    The first batch of films for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival were announced this morning – including opening night film The Fifth Estate – and here’s a look at what cinephiles have to look forward to starting this September the 5th.

  • June 14, 2013
    NXNE Day 3 (Ladies Night)

    Don’t feel like braving the crowd at Yonge and Dundas square tonight? Then bomb around town and listen to some of these lovely ladies on what I’ve declared as the unofficial NXNE Ladies night.

  • June 13, 2013
    NXNE Day 2

    Some more recommendations for Day 2 of nxne including local rappers Wordburglar and D-Sisive, the post modern T. Nile, and blue grass boys Union Duke.

  • June 12, 2013
    NXNE Day 1

    1000 bands, 30 films, 150 comedians, 60 Artists… I believe it was Stephen Hawkins who said “ain’t nobody got time for that.” If you thought picking between two stages at a festival was tough, looking at over a dozen shows happening concurrently around the city can get a little overwhelming. As someone who is only […]

  • May 10, 2013
    Graceland Review

    The title Graceland should be taken as ironic, as there are very few saving graces among the characters that inhabit this dark story. Not for the light-hearted, it’s a thriller that shocks in ways no Hollywood film could ever get away with.

  • March 29, 2013
    Miami Connection Review

    Remember that time when you were in that band with all of your karate buddies and you would literally have to fight for gigs? No? Well then I guess you were never in a band like Miami Connection ’s Dragon Sound.

  • March 15, 2013
    Leviathan Review

    Leviathan is an experimental documentary that experiments more than it documents. Shot aboard a commercial fishing boat in the North Atlantic, the only thing you’ll learn about commercial fishing is that it’s a wet and ugly endeavour. Filmmaker/ Harvard anthropology professor Lucien Castaing-Taylor and co-director Véréna Paravel are contributing to a tradition of ethnographic filmmaking that concerns itself more with observation and ways of seeing than it does with telling a story.

  • March 8, 2013
    Shepard and Dark Review

    A touching though sometimes lagging story about enduring friendship, Shepard and Dark highlights aspects of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark’s relationship that has now spanned half a century. The impetus for the documentary is the archiving of hundreds of letters that passed back and forth between them over the decades. As much about the individual men as their correspondence, one can’t help but feel this lingering film would have been much more compelling as a documentary short as opposed to feature length.

  • January 25, 2013
    Tatsumi Review

    Part biography, part short story compilation, Tatsumi animates the life and selected works of mangaka Yoshihiro Tatsumi in a film that will please fans and newcomers alike.

  • The Seventh Art Interview - Featured
    August 19, 2012
    Interview: Christopher Heron of The Seventh Art

    A look inside the process of independently producing the newest format of web content: the video magazine. The Seventh Art offers an alternative to traditional film analysis with in-depth interviews, video essays and profiles achieved with a precision that makes them archival-worthy. Founder Christopher Heron talked to us a bit about the impetus behind the magazine and the state of online film exploration.