Crisis Review: Opioid Thriller Looks Beyond the Stats
Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, and Evangeline Lilly star in Opioid crisis thriller.
Gary Oldman
Mank Review: A Writer’s Reputation Remade, A Writer Undone
A Writer's Reputation Remade, A Writer Undone: Mank is an ode to Old Hollywood, the writer's life, and the making of #CitizenKane. Read the full review.
The Criterion Shelf: Directed by Mike Leigh
Exploring the films of the great Mike Leigh in The Criterion Channel's director spotlight.
The Woman in the Window Trailer reveals 2020’s Most Impressive Cast
Who can we trust in Fox’s new The Woman in the Window trailer?
TIFF 2019: The Laundromat Review
Director Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat – starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas – is a dizzying madcap whirl that will give audiences the rinse and the spin they need.
Venice 2019: The Laundromat Review
Tamara Khodova reviews Steven Soderbergh's The Laundromat – starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas – from the 2019 Venice Film Festival. Does this star-studded dramedy live up to Soderbergh's previous work?
This Week at The Bloor: 9/26/14
Four powerhouse documentaries play at The Bloor this week (including two of the year's best) alongside a plethora of special events.
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.
Hannibal Episode 2.13 Recap
Hannibal is a show about the pain of empathy, and "Mizumono" hurts. The finale brings the Ravenstag story arc to a conclusion in a brutal way.
The Man Who Ate Himself:
Hannibal Season Two
When it comes to understanding exactly what to expect from Hannibal, the two most important characters are symbolic representations of who Will Graham and the titular serial killer are not. At least not anymore.
Hannibal Episode 2.12 Recap
“Tome-Wan” is Hannibal at its most distilled and sustained. Showcasing the series’ underlying dark humour, this is the tightest, most mesmerizing hour of the series. To use the words of Mason Verger: I am enchanted and terrified.
Hannibal Episode 2.11 Recap
“Ko No Mono” shifts to an unreliable narrator, allowing us to experience the first truly heartbreaking moment in Hannibal. Using the most iconic image from Red Dragon, we also get a glimpse at who’s really pulling the strings in this show.
Hannibal Episode 2.10 Recap
In addition to being Hannibal’s most self-reflexive hour, “Naka-Choko" features a really steamy sex scene that takes place in two separate rooms and involves four humans, a theremin, and a Manstag.
Hannibal Episode 2.9 Recap
In “Shiizakana” we are asked to forget the fast paced, twisty-turny, Will Graham-on-trial arc that velocitized our television watching appetites earlier this season, and to get used to the emotional and psychological contemplation of the now classic Hannibal as an episodic nightmare format.
Hannibal Episode 2.8 Recap
In “Su-Zakana” the cocoon constructed of mystery novel pages, fond pop-culture memories, Hollywood disappointments, and countless other symbols that once encased Hannibal has cracked open, and out of it has come a new and unpredictable kind of butterfly.
