A Most Wanted Man Review
Philip Seymour Hoffman leaves behind one final exceptional leading performance in Anton Corbijn’s smart, stylish, and thrilling John le Carré adaptation, A Most Wanted Man.
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A Master Builder Review
Actor and writer Wallace Shawn and director Jonathan Demme attempt to do justice to Ibsen and Louis Malle with A Master Builder, but neither seem to get a handle on the material.
Interview: Sara Driver
We talk to filmmaker Sara Driver on the eve of a TIFF Bell Lightbox retrospective of her work about her influences, ghosts that have stayed with her, and what working in New York City used to be like.
I Origins Review
In I Origins, writer/ director Mike Cahill uses the old cliche ‘The Eyes Are the Mirror to the Soul’ to make something relatively original.
Fast Five: Jim Jarmusch’s Cinema of Cool
In honour of the TIFF Bell Lightbox kicking off a retrospective dedicated to one of America's best filmmakers this week, we count down our five favourite films from the reigning king of indie coolness, Jim Jarmusch.
TIFF Announces First of Many 2014 Selections
TIFF didn't announce an opening night film alongside today's announcements of Galas and Special Presentations for their 2014 festival this September, but they announced plenty to get people excited for the event.
Interview: Michael Pitt & Mike Cahill
We had the pleasure of sitting down with I Origins director Mike Cahill and star Michael Pitt in Toronto earlier this month.
The Purge: Anarchy Review
The second round of The Purge is more of the same hard to believe baloney. Yet since the first film made so much money despite critics largely hating it, let's hope audiences have learned their lesson by now.
Planes: Fire & Rescue Review
Planes: Fire & Rescue manages an incredibly low feat by being considerably better for its target demographic than its dire predecessor, but that’s still not saying very much.
This Week at The Bloor: 7/18/14
This week at The Bloor brings a pair of well meaning, obvious, and slightly off documentaries: Video Games: The Movie and Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago.
The Dance of Reality Review
Deeply personal and featuring a surprising amount of open emotion and empathy from the Chilean maverick Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Dance of Reality is his most linear and easy to understand story, but it’s also unmistakably one of his best.
The Original Buzz is Back
The original and iconic thriller The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was recently restored with 4K digital picture and 7.1 sound for its week long engagement at The Royal in Toronto starting today, and here's how it was done.
Snowpiercer Review
A perfect blend of smarts and thrills, the sci-fi action allegory Snowpiercer is the summer blockbuster you've been waiting for.
Sex Tape Review
Jake Kasdan’s Sex Tape isn’t a good movie by any stretch, but it also isn’t inherently unfair to its audience.
Boyhood Review
Few films ever earn the right to be called a masterpiece. Richard Linklater's Boyhood is a masterpiece.
