To honour the start of today's 20th anniversary of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, all of the films we look at today either take place or come from Canada, including a look at opening night film The Manor, Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children, 15 Reasons to Live, NCR: Not Criminally Responsible, The Auctioneer, The Ghosts in Our Machine, Occupy: The Movie, and Special Ed
On Day three of our coverage of Hot Docs 2013 (which kicks off officially tomorrow) we take you guys on a bit of a world tour with looks at Continental, Junior, American Commune, I am Breathing, Chi, Fuck for Forest, The Garden of Eden, and The Last Black Sea Pirates.
On day two of our Hot Docs preview, we look at some films aiming to be showstopping spectaculars: We Always Lie to Strangers, The Great Hip Hop Hoax, Good Ol' Freda, Chimeras, Oil Sands Karaoke, Finding the Funk, and The Burger and The King
We take a look inside this years TIFF Kids showcase, including several of the films being screened and a look at some of the other great events for the whole family (and especially, you know, the kids) going down at the TIFF Bell Lightbox from April 9th to the 21st.
We take a look at five of the films starting off this year's sixteenth annual CineFranco French language film festival - running this Friday, April 5th through Sunday, April 14th at The Rooyal in Toronto. We look at opening night film Esimésac, the poker set drama Small Blind, the period epic What the Day Owes the Night, the hitman comedy Cassos, and the excellent cop thriller Mains armees
This week in archival DVD land, we take a look at new Blu-Rays for the Canadian classic sex comedy Porky's, Criterion treatments for Terrence Malick's Badlands and Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear, and a Steven Seagal TV show that was re-edited into a movie with the hopes no one would notice.
The line-up for the 2013 - and 20th anniversary of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival came out this morning and here are some things to look forward to across the 205 selected films when it all gets underway on Thursday, April 25th through Friday, May 5th.
This week we look at some Blu-Ray and DVD reissues of the iconic Schindler's List and On the Waterfront, the campy fun of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Monster Squad, and one of the greatest adventures from the Doctor to occupy the Tardis the longest.
This week brings out some heavy hitters at the video store including Life of Pi, The Master, Hitchcock, Smashed, Playing for Keeps, This Must be the Place, and A Late Quartet.
Just in time for March Break, the TIFF Bell Lightbox has arranged a selection of superheroes and comic book saviours for your viewing pleasure.
We talk to film writer Adam Nayman (The Grid, Cinema Scope) about the latest installement of his public series of cinematic classes, In Nayman's Terms (kicking off this coming Monday at Toronto's Miles Nadal JCC), which focuses on the work of America's most well known tandem auteurs: Joel and Ethan Coen.
This week on DVD and Blu-Ray we take a look at current Best Picture front runner Argo, Leos Carax's Holy Motors, the meta-comedy Seven Psychopaths, the meta-horror films Sinister and Mimesis, RZA's kung-fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists, Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren in The Package, and the high rise Irish horror of Citadel.
Taking a look at the latest instalment of the TIFF Bell Lightbox's Packaged Goods series - showcasing the best in short form commercials and music videos - with a focus on animation this time out.
This week for the archival DVD and Blu-Ray column we dive into the 3-D Blu-Ray release of Tony Scott's Top Gun, Michael Mann's The Insider, the forgotten about horror flick Schizo, and head over to the TV side of things for The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour, the second season of the Being Human reboot, and The Best of WCW Monday Nitro, Volume 2.
We asked four of the exceptional teens on the TIFF Next Wave selection committee to share their thoughts on this weekend's upcoming teen movie festival, what they have learned, and their picks for what you shouldn't miss this weekend.
