film

I Give It a Year Review

Although somewhat uneven and sloppily assembled, the British "unromantic comedy" I Give It a Year gets some big laughs from marrying rom-com conventions with risque humour delivered by a game, talented cast.

The World’s End Review

Despite a jarring transition to its genre story this time out and not being the same laugh a second riot that Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were, Edgar Wright's trilogy capping The World's End becomes the best of the trilogy simply through being incredibly thoughtful (on top of being hilarious).

The Oxbow Cure Review

The quiet, unsettling, and visually mesmerizing Canadian independent The Oxbow Cure might be one of the most thoughtful genre films in recent memory. There isn’t another movie like this that’s come out this year, this decade, or possibly will ever be seen again. It's that unique.

Interview: Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas

We talked to the creative team behind the haunting new Canadian indie The Oxbow Cure, Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis, about getting the most out of a 22 page script, uncooperative weather, casting for a movie that only has one character on screen the entire time, populating the crew with other filmmakers, and crafting an ending that changes the direction of the movie that came before it.

The Turkish, Female Cinematic Rebellion

We take a look at the TIFF Bell Lightbox's series on emerging female filmmakers in Turkey - where women barely directed anything prior to 1980 and have only come into their own as artists in the past decade - and talk with series curator and TIFF programmer Rasha Salti about the films chosen, Turkey’s depiction as a land of few opportunities, how economics have impacted Turkish cinema, the transgressive art of cinema, and how the current political landscape views the country’s past.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Review

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones will be barely passable for non-fans, but it's thankfully far less derivative than it looks on a passing glance. It all comes with a brisk pace, knowing wit, good performances, and a set-up that never talks down to its core demographic of fans by pandering to basic adolescent needs.

Interview: Edgar Wright & Nick Frost

Dork Shelf sits down with writer-director Edgar Wright and actor Nick Frost to talk about their trilogy capping comedy The World's End, working with Simon and everyone they have grown close to one last time, what separates this effort from the recent glut of “manchild” moves, how nostalgia for music is a trademark of stunted adolescents, what their next plans together might be like if they ever happen, the one awkward thing that Frost always seems to have to do on his wife’s birthday, and why Wright has changed his opinion on Bad Boys 2 (somewhat).

Interview: Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, & Kevin Zegers

We sit down with the three male leads in the big screen adaptation of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, and Kevin Zegers - to talk about the hard work they’ve been putting in, their anxiety to do right by the material, how they first never even knew if anyone would be interested in them being a part of the franchise, and why the books and the film seem to resonate so strongly with teens and adults.

Interview: Harald Zwart

We sit down with The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones director Harald Zwart about managing fan expectations, why blockbuster movies are so long these days, getting off to a fast start with author Cassandra Clare's series of bestsellers, crafting a strong female heroine, and that one time he stopped production to wake up the book’s author in the middle of the night with a question about a single word choice.

Blu-Ray Round-up: 8/19/13

This might be our best Blu-Ray review round up yet, including The Muppet Movie, The Sword in the Stone, Wes Craven's Swamp Thing, John Carpenter's The Fog, Mel Brooks' The Producers, and The Kentucky Fried Movie.

Jobs Review

There's no way Jobs can be looked at as a serious biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. It's a frustrating iDisaster.

Paranoia Review

Other potential titles for the abysmally idiotic thriller Paranoia that must have been taken: “Patently Implausible on This or Any Other Earth,” “Captain Obvious,” and “Seriously, Guys, Is This Some Sort of Joke?”