While it certainly won't be to everyone's liking since the comedic stylings of David Wain and Michael Showalter are an acquired taste, our film editor thinks They Came Together is one of the finest skewerings of romantic comedies ever made.
You’ve never seen a documentary like Joanna Arnow's i hate myself : ) (screening Wednesday at Camera as part of the MDFF and Seventh Art screening series), and it’s so singular, original, and painful that you’ll likely never see one like it again.
Time once again for our writers to look to their latest Blu-Ray, DVD, and VOD purchases with looks at new releases The Lego Movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alan Partridge, Small Time, The Cold Lands, Tapped Out, and A Wife Alone, and re-releases for The Life Aquatic, Judex, Hearts and Minds, The Revengers, and Countess Dracula.
Following a bout with a busted computer, our Film editor goes back and takes brief looks at Think Like a Man Too, Jersey Boys, I'll Follow You Down, Uvanga, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Immigrant, and The Double.
A major star vehicle for comic actor Jenny Slate, the purposefully awkward and thoroughly charming Obvious Child deals head on with how seemingly well adjusted adults still have a lot of growing up to do after they think they’re done with life lessons.
We talk to Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta about the time travel drama I'll Follow You Down, his admiration for Steven Spielberg, creating strong female characters, and his love of sci-fi films.
Having debuted under the much more appropriate title of The Station at TIFF last year, Blood Glacier is a strong, well paced, and low key creature feature with a title that does the film few favours.
Aside from some exceptional cinematography and a musical score that finally finds a good rhythm halfway through, there’s not one single positive thing to say about the Austrailian neo-sci-fi-slash-miserable-western The Rover.
We talk to filmmaker Jody Shapiro about his documentary Burt's Buzz, a look at Burt's Bees' founder and corporate icon, Burt Shavitz.
It’s still hilarious, possibly even more so than its predecessor through sheer volume of jokes alone, but 22 Jump Street manages to be rushed, over thought, and even kind of smug via a brand of meta humor that makes its tone almost inscrutable.
We’re so excited about the end of our third season that we have gone back in the Gay But Not Gay archives for an unforgettably fun (and unintentionally funny) seventies classic. This flight has everything, drunk passengers, old ladies reading sex books, singing nuns, and can we get Karen Black to do a rendition of […]
We talk to Canadian filmmaker Ingrid Veninger about her work on The Animal Project and how the film came together as a co-op sort of operation, how her casting process worked, how her personal experiences fit into a story about acting, and why the project was a fun and rewarding thing that she’ll probably never attempt again.
Edge of Tomorrow is easily one of the best high concept sci-fi blockbusters to come along in a while. It might not be a particularly original movie, but it’s a surprisingly creative one that delivers all of the necessary thrills and spills of good popcorn fodder along with some pretty clever writing and proof that Tom Cruise still has a bit of a gas left in the tank.
Sure, The Fault in Our Stars sounds corny at times, but this lovely and thoughtful romance earns every bit of the corniness.
After spending some time away from the indie film scene making some high profile Hollywood blockbusters (and some admitted box office duds, none of which were really his fault), actor and director Jon Favreau has come back with a gleefully reinvigorated mojo in the form of Chef, a winning, inspirational, and pitch perfect comedy that feels personal and universal at the same time.
