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Phil Brown
Phil Brown is a Toronto-based film critic and entertainment journalist who contributes ramblings about film, comedy, and other pop culture obsessions to websites and publications like Dork Shelf, The Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, The Globe And Mail, C&G Magazine, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, High Def Digest, and others. He’s also appeared on CTV and made a variety of podcast and radio appearances to help delay his inevitable typing-related carpal tunnel syndrome.
Articles by Phil Brown:
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February 27, 2018
Coco Blu-ray ReviewPixar’s criminally under-appreciated Coco gets a second life in one of the most dazzling, feature-packed Blu-rays Disney has ever released.
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February 9, 2018
The Ritual ReviewOne of the scariest movies from last year’s Midnight Madness at TIFF is now on Netflix!
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January 11, 2018
Michael Haneke on Social Media, Isabelle Huppert, Filmmaking in the US, and Where He Keeps his Golden GlobeThat Shelf was lucky enough to get a chance to chat with the legendary art house provocateur Michael Haneke when he came to TIFF to premiere Happy End last fall. It was a shockingly playful chat from the Austrian auteur, involving smiles and giggles that we didn’t even know he was capable of.
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January 11, 2018
Happy End ReviewAnyone anxious to experience some slow burn misery on the big screen this winter needn’t worry. Austrian auteur Michael Haneke is back with the delightfully ironically titled Happy End .
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November 16, 2017
Takashi Miike on his 100th movie: Blade Of The ImmortalJoin us for a brief journey in to a mind of one of contemporary cinema’s greatest madmen as Takashi Miike unleashes his 100th film, Blade of the Immortal .
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November 3, 2017
Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Keoghan on The Killing of a Sacred DeerWe sit down with The Killing of Sacred Deer director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Barry Keoghan to talk about their lack of communication and the biggest misconceptions around the film.
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