Contra Zoom Pod Episode 304: A24 Retrospective – Val
On this episode of ContraZoom Pod, they are looking at Val - a doc that uses actor Val Kilmer's home video collection to cover his life/career.
Batman Returns
comPOSERS Special Episode: Batman Cinematic Themes
We've somehow made it this far without talking about a Batman film so tonight we break our only rule... and talk about Batman films.
Toronto Screening Calendar May 6-12 2019
What’s playing in Toronto this week? From the classic to the bizarre, from the backroom at Eyesore Cinema to the recently reopened Ontario Cinesphere, East End, West End, and everything in between, here are some of the best screenings taking place all over the city this week.
Soundtracking: May All Your Christmases Be Alt
Die Hard? Gremlins? Batman Returns? What makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie? Does a song have to be Christmas-themed to become a holiday classic? Here are five unlikely music moments that have helped define alternative Christmas movies.
Toronto Screening Calendar: December 2018
Cinemas are offering a lot more than just Die Hard and It's a Wonderful Life screenings this month (though there are plenty of those as well). See it all in December's Toronto screening calendar!
Batmen That Kill: On Mixed Messages and Arkham Knight
Batman doesn't kill, but the debate over Rocksteady's Arkham Knight is a reminder that saying something doesn't necessarily make it true.
The Restart: Sega’s Batman Returns
Before Gotham, Oswald Cobblepot was a gimmick-stealing villain in Sega's movie adaptation.
Play It Again, TIFF
Anchored by a week long run of a restoration of The Godfather Part II, the TIFF Bell Lightbox takes a look at some of history's greatest sequels with their latest film series.
Tim Burton Takes Toronto – Part 2
Part two of Sasha's Tim Burton Takes Toronto examines the director's late 80s and early 90s work: Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns.
From 7 p.m. on Friday, November 26 to some ungodly hour on the morning of Sunday, November 28th, Torontonians were invited to TIFF Bell Lightbox to screen the entirety of Tim Burton’s filmography. This was in celebration of the Burton exhibit coming to town, which was first curated by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. For some, myself included, the prospect of sitting through sixteen feature films by Burton was intriguing — a Burton Blitz of sorts. Others might call it “Hell on Earth”.
