CONTEST: Win passes to Cineplex’s Stanley Kubrick Retrospective!
In celebration of this singular retrospective, we are giving away passes to see your pick of Stanley Kubrick's masterpieces on the big screen
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Who’s Yer Father Review: A Crime Comedy To Make Canada Proud
Who's Yer Father? may be narratively scattered at times, but it never stops being entertaining, and isn't that why people go to the movies?
Interviews: Tales from the Who’s Yer Father’s Green Carpet!
That Shelf hit the premiere of new Canadian comedy Who's Yer Father. Find out what filmmaker Jeremy Larter, producer Jenna MacMillan, and stars Chris Locke & Susan Kent had to say.
CONTEST: See THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 in Theatres!
To celebrate the arrival of The Addams Family 2 , That Shelf wants to send you and a friend to see it at a Cineplex near you!
Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Preview at The VOID
The VOID's new Star Wars -themed hyper-reality experience is a like a dream come true. It's an action-packed multi-sensory, untethered story, designed to thrill VR veterans while remaining accessible to newbies.
Everything You Need to Know About 4DX
What's it like to see Doctor Strange at Cineplex's new 4DX auditorium in Toronto?
Hot Docs 2014: Super Duper Alice Cooper Review
Super Duper Alice Cooper Special Presentations/Hot Docs Live Special Event Teaming Monkey Warfare director Reginald Harkema with rock doc royalty Sam Dunn and Scot McFayden ( Metal: A Head Bangers Journey , Metal Evolution ), this supposed first ever “rock doc” takes archival footage and sound bites to tell the story of Detroit born Vincent […]
53 Hot Tickets at Hot Docs 2014
The Measure of All Things The rarest ticket of the festival is this one night/one show only of Academy Award nominated filmmaker Sam Green’s live directed, conducted, narrated, and mixed documentary inspired by The Guinness Book of Records . With a soundtrack from The Quavers, the film blends traditional storytelling with performance for what’s sure […]
Interview: Georges St-Pierre
We talk to former UFC welterweight champion (and Montreal's own) Georges St-Pierre about the documentary Takedown: The DNA of GSP , an inside look into the fighter's process and comeback from a potentially career ending ACL tear. We also talk about revealing more of his personal life for the camera, his battles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the main reason why he stepped away from MMA for a while, why a $5 plate of spaghetti helps remind him of where he came from, how it’s boring to be a normal person, how he learned the hard way to not let his anger and arrogance get the best of him in the ring, and his upcoming appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier .
Films in Brief: 1/31/14
Since mainstream new releases seem to have us singing the blues, here are a few neat classical and nostalgic options, with Cineplex continuing their annual Great Digital Film Festival and the TIFF Bell Lightbox showcasing the works of Paul Verhoeven and the unsung, pioneering African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.
Interview: Sarah Gadon on the enRoute Film Festival
We talk to Toronto's own Sarah Gadon about her work as a juror for this year's Air Canada enRoute Film Festival, devoted to bringing some recognition to up and coming short filmmakers.
The That Shelf Guide to Halloween in Toronto
We take a look at some of the best goings on in Toronto this Halloween from movies, to TV, to theatre, and one really kick ass party. And we might have some surprises in store... if you dare.
The That Shelf Guide to Toronto After Dark 2013
Here it is! Your guide to this year's eight annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival, bringing Toronto some of the best genre filmmaking from around the world to the Scotabank Theatre this October 17th-25th. Check back daily for new film reviews and updates!
Interview: Adam Lopez
That Shelf talks to Toronto After Dark Film Festival Programming Director and Founder Adam Lopez about his genre festival's eighth year, the move from rep houses to Cineplex, why accessibility and the opinions of his fans mean so much to him, theme nights, and why they decided upon We Are What We Are for the opening night film.
No One Lives Review
With a central antihero pitched somewhere between Hannibal Lecter and Ryan Gosling's character from Drive , the silly, but fun survivalist slasher No One Lives sets its aims low and doesn't take itself too seriously, and it works pretty well.
