The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988) – Every October, Criterion likes to celebrate Halloween by serving up a few horror movie releases. However, it’s not like Criterion serves up new editions of Dawn of the Dead or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre during this period. Nope, they continue to focus on obscure and underappreciated examples of world […]
Part horror film, part mobile game, the creators of Voyeur attempt to look at new forms of storytelling and user content.
The Irish comedy Life's a Breeze live up to it's name by being as lightweight as possible.
We talk to Matthew Bauckman and Jaret Belliveau, directors of the darkly comedic filmmaking documentary Kung Fu Elliot
The most deceptively complex Canadian film of the year, Don't Get Killed in Alaska is a powerfully subtle family drama.
This week, The Bloor offers films looking at the ethical and legal problems of security certificates in The Secret Trial 5 and misunderstood urban communities in Slums: Cities of Tomorrow.
With the exception of the final twenty minutes, The Theory of Everything paints a welcome picture of the love story between Jane and Stephen Hawking.
The striking, must see documentary The Overnighters chronicles a modern day Great Depression.
Somewhere between a charming comedy and an unsettling psychodrama, the documentary Kung Fu Elliot needs to be seen to be believed.
Although it centres on a vibrant and current topic, Citizenfour has a presumptuous tone that hampers its effectiveness.
Justin Simien's uncomfortably hilarious look at the American racial divide, Dear White People, is one of only two films so far this year worthy of being called a masterpiece.
Big Hero 6 is charming, effective, never dull, and gets by almost on sheer force of will despite a few minor slip ups.
We kick off our coverage of the 2014 Reel Asian Film Festival.
Blue Bustamante Set in the early 90’s, Blue Bustamante stars Joem Bascon as the downtrodden George Bustamante, a man desperate enough to provide for his family that he leaves the Philippines for Japan in search of a job that will pay him better money. Leaving behind his wife and son, George quickly discovers that engineering […]
Awesome Asian Bad Guys The concept behind Awesome Asian Bad Guys may not be new, especially in this post Expendables world, but it seems full of possibility. Gather together some of the famous Asian movie henchmen from the 80’s and 90’s, like the unmistakable Al Leong, Yuji Okumoto (the bad guy from Karate Kid 2) […]
