Harmony Korine

Trailer: Harmony Korine’s BEACH BUM Brings the Bong

Happy Marijuana Legalization Day, Canada! What better way to celebrate than watching the trailer for POT-ential cult classic cannabis comedy The Beach Bum, brought to you by absurdist indie filmmaker Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers). Matthew McConaughey portrays the titular bum, Moondog, looking like he raided Guy Fieri’s wardrobe as he gets into all sorts of […]

Blu-Ray Round Up: 7/1/13

This week, we look at Blu-Rays of horror classics Lifeforce and Phantasm II, one of Steven Spielberg's most underrated films, Empire of the Sun, the metal and cardboard documentary Skull World, and the bizarre worlds of Stoker and Spring Breakers.

Spring Breakers Review

Coming from the twisted mind of cinematic enfant-terrible Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers certainly isn't for everyone, but great performances an extremely artful eye, and a really sickly dark sense of humour make this delightfully filthy comedy something special for clued in audiences.

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.

TIFF 2012 Reviews: Part 7

A new week begins and we're still covering the films of TIFF 2012! Today: Cloud Atlas, Quartet, The Impossible, Spring Breakers, Everyday, Writers, In the House, and iLL Manors