The Sympathizer Review: Park Chan-wook Reframes The Vietnam War With Duality and Duplicity
HBO's new drama, The Sympathizer, follows a double-agent during the Vietnam War whose duality and duplicity Is explored with tragedy and absurdity.
Don McKellar
Shelf Help: Canadian Cinematic Gems
Celebrate National Canadian Film Day with us. Today our Shelfers share: What Canadian film is a gem that everyone should add to their watch list?
Crimes of the Future Review: Sickos, Rejoice!
With Crimes of the Future , David Cronenberg reminds us that he's Canada's best and boldest filmmaker. And who expected Kristen Stewart and Don McKellar to be such a dream team?
Cannes 2022: Crimes of the Future Review
Toronto's own auteur David Cronenberg returns to Cannes with his decidedly hot and "red" CRIMES OF THE FUTURE.
TIFF 2021: The Middle Man Review
Bent Hamer's The Middle Man offers a uniquely absurd-yet-emotional take on the denizens of a small town.
Target Number One Review: Maple Express
Midnight Express meets Spotlight in this riveting thriller.
National Canadian Film Day Presents All-Online Social Distancing Edition
The seventh annual National Canadian Film Day event will celebrate Canada's cinematic culture through online screenings and livestreams.
Zoom Review
This Canadian/ Brazilian coproduction is an ambitious and clever Kaufmanesque comedy with plenty of talent behind it. For a mixed media meta good time, go see Zoom .
TIFF 2015: Zoom Review
Zoom TIFF 2015 Review
REELSIDE: The Documentary Series We Didn’t Realize We Needed
TMN's documentary series Reelside consists of six episodes, each concentrating on a different group of filmmakers. Each part is unique but forms a cohesive unit that subtly reinforces pride in film talent that just happens to be Canadian.
Video Interview: Taylor Kitsch & Liane Balaban
We chat with Taylor Kitsch and Liane Balaban about their new film The Grand Seduction , Tim Riggins, the people who've made them feel special, and Hugh Jackman.
The Grand Seduction Review
Don McKellar's remake of The Grand Seduction is a warmhearted, laid back comedy that might not be too original, but it hits the mark everywhere that counts.
Three Days in Havana Review
A waste of lots of great Canadian talent, Three Days in Havana makes absolutely no sense narratively or tonally.
Interview: Don McKellar
That Shelf talks to director and actor Don McKellar about his return to feature film directing with The Grand Seduction (debuting Sunday September 8th at TIFF) and about how people perceived his time away from filmmaking, the script that tempted him to come back, shooting on location in Trinity Bay, the different stresses between city filming and country filming, and what Gleeson brought to his role and to the set.
TIFF 2013: Focus On: Short Cuts Canada
We turn the TIFF 2013 spotlight on the Short Cuts Canada program, looking at all but one of the shorts showing across all six programs designed to bring the best in Canadian short form filmmaking to festival audiences.
