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Yossi Review

A decade after his impressive and heartbreaking gay romance Yossi & Jagger, Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox returns to the first half of his title characters to tell a tale of emotional adjustment and sexual reawakening. It’s a somewhat problematic tale to tell from a narrative perspective, but it’s a faithful follow-up in terms of tone and emotion.

The Rep Readies for Release

Nearly a year after completion and more than several months after the closure of its subject - the Toronto Underground Cinema - filmmaker Morgan White's ode to old school cinemas The Rep will finally be coming to theatres that can book it for free and keep 100% of what it makes. We talked to White on the day of his announcement to get his thoughts and ask him why.

Hot Docs 2013 Line-Up Announced

The line-up for the 2013 - and 20th anniversary of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival came out this morning and here are some things to look forward to across the 205 selected films when it all gets underway on Thursday, April 25th through Friday, May 5th.

Interview: Sudz Sutherland

We talk to veteran TV director Sudz Sutherland about his latest big screen effort Home Again, and about what realness and the concept of “home” means to him, the vast research that went into the film, some of his unexpected casting choices, and his thoughts on how the current hot button issue of Bill C-43 might only make things worse for deportees.

This Week in… Festivals

No DVD column this week, but we'll return with it next week. Instead, we take a look at a whopping FIVE film festivals kicking off in Toronto this week: the 7th annual Canadian Film Fest, the Canadian Music Week Film Fest, Water Docs, the 13th annual aluCine Latin Film Festival, and Creepy Christian Cinema.

The New Old: Of Love and Loss and Fun

This week we look at some Blu-Ray and DVD reissues of the iconic Schindler's List and On the Waterfront, the campy fun of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Monster Squad, and one of the greatest adventures from the Doctor to occupy the Tardis the longest.

Contest: See THE SAPPHIRES Across Canada!

Enter for a chance to win one of five pairs of passes to an advance screening of The Sapphires in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, or Victoria on Wednesday, March 27th at 7:00pm (7:30 in Ottawa, only) courtesy of Dork Shelf and eOne Films.

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Review

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a thoroughly average Hollywood comedy. There are funny moments throughout and it’s a big glossy production that hits all the expected notes before fading to black at this the right time, but it also meets those expectations to the point of reaching wild heights of predictable dullness.

Leviathan Review

Leviathan is an experimental documentary that experiments more than it documents. Shot aboard a commercial fishing boat in the North Atlantic, the only thing you’ll learn about commercial fishing is that it’s a wet and ugly endeavour. Filmmaker/ Harvard anthropology professor Lucien Castaing-Taylor and co-director Véréna Paravel are contributing to a tradition of ethnographic filmmaking that concerns itself more with observation and ways of seeing than it does with telling a story.

Blood Pressure Review

With the Canadian film Blood Pressure director Sean Garrity has crafted a dark fantasy about repressed dreams and suburban malaise with a real eye and ear for how such scenarios would most likely play out in reality.

The Call Review

For the first two thirds of it's running time The Call is a smart and clever B-movie proceedural that benefits from some great performances, but just like how a real life 911 operator very rarely finds out how a call ends after they hang up, you might not want to stick around to see how this thing ends.

No Review

The Oscar nominated Chilean historical and political drama No is a riveting, at times darkly funny, and unpredictable piece of work from director Pablo Larrain.

Greedy Lying Bastards Review

Undeniably fascinating, terrifying and entertaining, the climate change polemic Greedy Lying Bastards still finds itself being occasionally undercut by a level of smugness that would make Michael Moore blush.