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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 to […]
Hot Docs 2014 Line-Up Announced
All 197 films for this year's 21st annual Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival were announced today, including opening night film The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
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.
CONTEST: Win Passes to the Cineplex Great Digital Film Festival!
Enter for a chance to win a pair of passes to The Great Digital Film Festival, running from January 31st to February 6th at select Cineplex locations across Canada, and a copy of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia!
Contest: Win a copy of The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time
Enter to win a copy of the book The Big Lebowski: An Illustrated, Annotated History of the Greatest Cult Film of All Time, in celebration of The Big Lebowski coming back to Canadian theatres for two nights only, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Cineplex Front Row Centre Events!
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.
Contest: See the Original THE EVIL DEAD Across Canada on Halloween!
Enter for a chance to win one of five pairs of passes to a one night only screening of the original Sam Raimi classic The Evil Dead on Halloween in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, or Vancouver, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Cineplex.
The Dork 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 Dork 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
Dork 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.
Interview: Kris Booth
We talk to Canadian filmmaker and Halifax resident Kris Booth, one of the participants in the fan-supported CineCoup competition to get people to vote on a film to be granted a one million dollar budget and guaranteed theatrical distribution. We talk about his project Red Horizon, his own coup of landing legendary cinematographer Dean Cundey as his DP, and why he thinks CineCoup is vital to the future of Canadian cinema.
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh Review
While it’s normally admirable for most horror films in this day in age to play out as slow burns that mete out minor details to the audience over time, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh takes it to wholly dull, but undoubtedly good looking extremes.
Cockneys Vs. Zombies Review
Cockneys vs Zombies is a delightful treat for young, old and even the possibly undead zombie-genre lovers who will no doubt left drooling from this splatter-filled film of blood, guts and brains.