Milestone Movie Anniversaries in 2023
From Star Wars to James Bond and from Vertigo to Jurassic Park, here are the significant movie anniversaries coming your way in 2023.
12 Years a Slave
Every TIFF People’s Choice Award Winner Ranked: A Festival of Festivals
The writers at That Shelf pick the best People's Choice Award winners in the history of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Our 100 Favourite Movies of the Decade: 2013
What are some of our favourite movies of 2013? We've cleared off some space on That Shelf for our 100 favourite movies of the decade. Here's our 2013 picks!
That Shelf’s Picks for the 2014 Oscars
Our Film and Performing Arts Editor gives his picks for what he thinks will win big at tomorrow night's Oscar ceremony. Please note: he is still not an expert.
The 25 Best Films of 2013
Our Film and Performing Arts Editor counts down what he thinks are the 25 best films of 2013.
12 Years a Slave
Video Review
And now for something a little different: A video review! That Shelf's own Brandon Bastaldo takes a look at Steve McQueen's slavery drama 12 Years a Slave starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender.
12 Years a Slave Review
There’s no doubt in my mind that 12 Years a Slave will go down in history as a landmark film. Never before, and quite possibly never again, has the issue of African American slavery and the still present pain and anguish been this viscerally and brilliantly realized. Its effect is provocative, much like gazing into an unattended open wound that never quite heals itself, but rather reaches a point of stasis beyond which things couldn’t possibly get any worse no matter how awful a situation may be.
Interview: Steve McQueen, John Ridley, & Henry Louis Gates
That Shelf talk to director Steve McQueen, writer John Ridley, and historical consultant Henry Louis Gates about their work on the powerful drama 12 Years a Slave , the history behind free African American turned forced slave Solomon Northup’s life, how the story came to the filmmakers, if they thought the truth of slavery being depicted on screen would be too much for audiences to handle, what Ridley found most painful about the writing process, and why McQueen believes cinema is the greatest of all art forms.
TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave Review
12 Years a Slave Special Presentation Director: Steve McQueen A mere capsule review at festival time could never do justice to McQueen’s powerful masterwork that’s not so much an excellent piece of filmmaking, but a landmark cinematic achievement. While no one left alive today could possibly ever be able to relay the atrocities of America’s […]
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.
