Rocks in My Pockets Nobody ever wants to be depressed, and it’s one of the hardest feelings to properly encapsulate and visualize. Writer, director, and animator Signe Baumane takes elements from her own struggles in Rocks in My Pockets, a poignant, gorgeous, and emotionally brave experience that’s unlike any other film you’ve ever seen on […]
Dreamcatcher (Lawrence Kasdan, 2003) – Sometimes you just have to embrace the ridiculous in a movie and just let it take you a long for the ride. I can’t in good conscience call Dreamcatcher a good film, but there is something about batshit earnestness that you can’t help but admire. Jonsey, Henry, Beaver and Pete […]
The Dogs of War (John Irvin, 1980) – The start of the 1980’s was such a unique time for movie making and storytelling. You could combine some unique social and political messages inside the frame work of a pretty ballsy and violent action movie. On Blu-Ray for the first time from Twilight Time, The Dogs […]
Blue Thunder (John Badham, 1983) – Blue Thunder is a no nonsense 80s action thriller that works pretty damn well, hitting all the right buttons from beginning to end in the most efficient manner possible. It seems like the mantra making the film was “keep it simple, stupid,” and it works. Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider) […]
Maleficent (Robert Stomberg, 2014) – There’s undoubtedly something inspired about casting Angelina Jolie as the classic Disney villain Maleficent, and certainly in the few scenes in which the actress revels in evil the film works as promised. Unfortunately, most of the movie is wasted as yet another Disney fantasy adventure reboot a la Alice in […]
The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988) – Every October, Criterion likes to celebrate Halloween by serving up a few horror movie releases. However, it’s not like Criterion serves up new editions of Dawn of the Dead or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre during this period. Nope, they continue to focus on obscure and underappreciated examples of world […]
"The Devil's Vinyl" doesn’t commit to any of its cooler ideas and, for the second week in a row, Constantine ends up boring and muddled.
The Irish comedy Life's a Breeze live up to it's name by being as lightweight as possible.
The most deceptively complex Canadian film of the year, Don't Get Killed in Alaska is a powerfully subtle family drama.
This week, The Bloor offers films looking at the ethical and legal problems of security certificates in The Secret Trial 5 and misunderstood urban communities in Slums: Cities of Tomorrow.
With the exception of the final twenty minutes, The Theory of Everything paints a welcome picture of the love story between Jane and Stephen Hawking.
The striking, must see documentary The Overnighters chronicles a modern day Great Depression.
Somewhere between a charming comedy and an unsettling psychodrama, the documentary Kung Fu Elliot needs to be seen to be believed.
Although it centres on a vibrant and current topic, Citizenfour has a presumptuous tone that hampers its effectiveness.
Justin Simien's uncomfortably hilarious look at the American racial divide, Dear White People, is one of only two films so far this year worthy of being called a masterpiece.
