Live-action remakes of beloved animated movies can be a challenge. Thankfully, Canadian director Dean DeBlois' live-action remake of his animated film gracefully soars above its contemporaries, even if it doesn't quite reach the same heights.
Caitlin Cronenberg's thriller Humane envisions a world where climate change has gotten so bad that the government must reduce society by 20%.
The Best films of 2023 so far include BlackBerry, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Super Mario Bros, Nimona, and John Wick 4.
Jason Gorber stopped by CBC's Metro Morning to chat about the release of home-grown hit BlackBerry, directed by Matt Johnson.
The ever-enthusiastic Canadian actor Jay Baruchel joins That Shelf to talk about his extraordinary role in Matt Johnson's BlackBerry.
Berlinale 2023: Jason Gorber was in Berlin to speak with the cast and director Matt Johnson behind the new movie, Blackberry.
Berlinale 2023: Jay Baruchel shines in Matt Johnson's #Blackberry-a universal tale of hubris and tenacity destined to become a Canadian classic.
That Shelf's Jason Gorber stopped by CBC's Metro Morning to talk about some of 2022's quirkier film fare, including satirical science fiction thriller Dual.
Animation August goes out with a bang as the boys travel to Berk to learn about animal abuse! Join us as we enjoy the visual spectacle that is How To Train Your Dragon, and the very impressive score by John Powell.
The intersection of art and life becomes extra murky when horror is involved. Do violent video games inspire violence? Do horror films make killers kill? While it is a worthy pursuit to dig deeper into the interplay of screen and flesh, certain horror films themselves scratch at that surface. Writer/director Jay Baruchel’s Random Acts of […]
Random Acts of Violence director Jay Baruchel talks about freaking out his audience, American culture shock, and owning too many DVDs.
Shudder's August line-up features a shot-in-quarantine Zoom-séance flick, an ultra-violent comic book adaptation, and a classic J-horror series.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is in theatres now. It's unmissable for fans of the series, but what age is it right for?
Canadian movies and TV have a bad rep. CANADALAND's Jesse Brown talked to Jay Baruchel about how we fix this, and inadvertently hit upon something that could actually be the key to improving our onscreen cultural landscape.
Tomorrow night the best and brightest in Canadian movies and television get celebrated with the Canadian Screen Awards (airing on CBC at 8:00pm, hosted by Martin Short). Our Film and Performing Arts editor looks at this year's nominees, makes a couple of predictions, and wonders aloud why only technically three of the Best Feature nominees have actually been released in theatres.
