Wish I Was Here Review
While it may follow in the tone of his first directorial effort from ten years ago, Garden State, Zach Braff’s Kickstarter funded Wish I Was Here leans a little too hard on the melodrama and it never feels as assured.
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Shorts Weather
Beat the heat with some shorts as the Shorts That Are Not Pants screening series returns to the Carlton in Toronto this Thursday.
Kuf Review
The tense, yet down to earth Turkish film Küf (which screens Wednesday night at 9:00pm at Double Double Land in Toronto as part of MDFF’s ongoing independent cinema screening series) is like three different films in one.
Interview: Richard Linklater
We talk with acclaimed American filmmaker Richard Linklater about his twelve year experience making Boyhood, his process, framing his epic story, the casting of Ellar Coltrane, the evolution of technology, parenting, and people’s reactions to the film.
Interview: Cody Hackman and Krzysztof Soszynski
We talk to professional fighters turned actors Cody Hackman and Krzysztof Soszynski about working together on the MMA drama Tapped Out, what’s important to them as professionals when they watch a film about fighting, why film and sports fans love fighting movies, and their experiences as actors.
Interview: Gillian Robespierre
We talk to Obvious Child director and writer Gillian Robespierre (and co-writer Elisabeth Holm) about crafting crafting the film’s stand-up routines, family dynamics, and how to deal with people who could potentially have their own agendas.
Radio Free Albemuth Review
There’s a defining earnestness and conviction that carries the ultra-low budget Philip K. Dick adaptation Radio Free Albemuth a long way.
Interview: Mamoru Oshii
We briefly get the chance to talk to anime pioneer Mamoru Oshii right before he takes the stage at the TIFF Bell Lightbox for an In Conversation session tonight that kicks off a brief retrospective of the master animator's finest work.
Doc of the Dead Review
Doc of the Dead might feel a couple of years too late to cash in on the zombie craze, but it's still a fun and comprehensive look at why people are so drawn to all things undead.
Made in America Review
The Jay-Z fronted/Ron Howard directed concert documentary Made in America could have just as easily been titled Made by Anybody. It’s a puff piece designed solely to play up the brands of every artist involved.
This Week at The Bloor: 7/11/14
There's only one new film at The Bloor this week - the okay, but very niche look at tailoring Men of the Cloth - but there's still a ton of great events going on at the cinema over the next seven days.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Review
A slight step above its rather silly predecessor, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes decides to go the deathly serious route instead of keeping things light and fun with decidedly mixed results.
Begin Again Review
Begin Again, filmmaker John Carney’s musically minded feature length follow-up to the genuinely charming Irish sleeper hit Once, has all the energy, talent, and drive of a dire, out of tune cover band that has deluded itself quite terribly into thinking all its members are swaggering rock and roll gods and goddesses.
Life Itself Review
While it might not tell people who read Roger Ebert's memoir too much they didn't already know, the documentary Life Itself is a powerful work of deep empathy and human emotion that the late film critic could be proud of.
Five things we want from the new Power Rangers movie
With this week's re-launch of Sailor Moon in the form of the beautifully rendered anime Sailor Moon Crystal, we at Dork Shelf thought it's about time to talk about one of the major influences on the Sailor Senshi: another squad of five multi-coloured soldiers from the 1990s, the Power Rangers. What do we want to see in the new Rangers movie?
