It’s a Disaster Review
The independent end of days comedy It's a Disaster focuses on a big name cast acting like unlikeable louts for genuinely great comedic results.
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Docs in Brief
A pair of documentaries open for limited runs at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this week leading up to their prized festival next weekend. Both are histories of a sort, but one (A Fierce Green Fire) works a lot better than the other (Bert Stern: Original Mad Man).
My Awkward Sexual Adventure Review
It's sometimes too episodic for its own good, but the filthy minded and good natured sex farce My Awkward Sexual Adventure works towards saving Canadian cinema from becoming too serious.
Molly Maxwell Review
Two excellent leading performances and assured direction help the high school set, Lolita-styled drama Molly Maxwell rise well above its overly chaste and predictable screenplay.
Oblivion Review
Although somewhat lacking in terms of an all around original story, Oblivion is still a great vehicle for star Tom Cruise and even better for up and coming director Joseph Kosinski.
To the Wonder Review
It's as hard to clearly decipher as any other Terrence Malick film since Badlands, but when dealing with a subject as irrational as love like he does in To the Wonder it's fitting and beautiful in equal amounts.
Interview: Olga Kurylenko
We sit down with actress Olga Kurylenko about her work with Terrence Malick on his latest poetic opus To the Wonder and about finding her character, why the role was a difficult one, and what it's like working with an icon of American cinema.
Interview: Charlie Carrick
We talk to one of TIFF 2012's Rising Stars, actor Charlie Carrick about his work in the CFC produced feature Molly Maxwell, and about working with first time director Sara St. Onge, the enormity of the project for the CFC, his interactions with co-stars, what the Rising Star designation means in hindsight, and his plans to branch out in the future beyond acting.
Renoir Review
Renoir is a movie that feels like a pleasant homework assignment. It never reaches beyond surface pleasure despite looking and sounding great.
Revolution Review
As an environmental advocacy documentary, Rob Stewart's Revolution is pretty standard and simplistic, but it comes with a layer of personal emotion that's rare for this kind of material.
42 Review
Some may scoff at the total lack of irony and unapologetic sentimentality in the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, but there’s something so inherently romantic about this story and sport that anything else would feel inappropriate. They don’t make movies like this anymore and haven’t for decades. Yet, 42 suggests that it might not be a terrible idea to dust off those old naïve Hollywood filmmaking techniques every now and then if the material suits that style.
The Place Beyond the Pines Review
From moment to moment, The Place Beyond the Pines is a strong piece of work comprised of terse dialogue, pain-eyed performances, sudden bursts of violence, and heavy thematic resonance. Unfortunately, it never quite holds together to deliver anything as profound as the somberly existential tone seems to promise.
Trance Review
Trance is more of a return to basics and the beginning of his career for director Danny Boyle, but it's in service of far lesser material than he should be taking on at this point.
Upstream Color Review
Buried deep within layers of overly analyzed obfuscation and mixed metaphors, there's a genuinely sweet story inside of Primer director Shane Carruth's Upstream Color that he just can't quite get a handle on. And yet, that's part of what makes it so interesting in the first place.
TJFF at 21
As it enters it's 21st year, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival kicks off today (running through Sunday, April 21st) and bringing with it some of the best Jewish made and Jewish themed films from around the globe. Here's a look at some of the year's biggest titles.
