Paying for It: TIFF 2024 Review
Paying for It is the cinematic adaptation of Chester Brown's controversial graphic novel that documented his encounters paying for sex.
Kevin Smith
Masters of the Universe: Revelation Review: Who has the Power?
Masters of the Universe: Revelation delivers the ultimate version of the legendary ‘80s cartoon.
Tusk Review
It's still a wealth of untapped potential, but Tusk is still Kevin Smith's most intriguing film in close to a decade.
TIFF 2014: Tusk Review
Tusk Midnight Madness A melding of Kevin Smith’s comedic sensibilities with the dark weirdness that permeated his last effort, Red State, Tusk might be the oft hockey jersey clad auteur’s most ambitious and thoughtful project yet. It’s not without its flaws, but Smith has clearly reached the “I just don’t give a fuck” portion of […]
TIFF 2014 Interview: Colin Geddes
It’s a sweltering late July afternoon, but I’m still sitting down over a cup of warm tea at Canteen in the lobby of the TIFF Bell Lightbox and talking to Colin Geddes the day after most of his choices for the heavily watched and buzzed about Midnight Madness and Vanguard sections had been announced. (Really […]
Home Entertainment Review: Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come (Paiman Kalayeh, John Lyons Murphy, 2012) – I’ve been recently working on writing a piece about questions you should never ask at a Q&A following a screening at a film festival. One of those questions is “Was it a struggle to get this film made?” I say you shouldn’t ask that not because […]
The Dirties Review
Comedies don’t get much darker, thought provoking, and ultimately harrowing than Toronto director Matt Johnson’s The Dirties.
Interview:
David Mack on
Daredevil: End of Days
We chat with David Mack about Daredevil: End of Days, a post-mortem tale of Daredevil's death and the mysterious circumstances surrounding it.
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope Review
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock turns his attention to the San Diego Comic-Con in his most well rounded and, dare we say, heartwarming film to date.
Red State Review
I'll admit I have never been a fan of Kevin Smith. I wouldn't necessarily call him a bad filmmaker; more that the worlds he creates and the characters that inhabit them have never held any interest for me. So when the teaser trailers appeared for Red State, I was intrigued. It neither looked nor sounded like a typical Smith film. And it isn't, and that is entirely in its favour. Smith has proven he can create a dark, intense film that is riveting and raw, and unabashed in its examination of the serious threat of the religious right in America.
EFM 2011: Red State
I’ll admit I have never been a fan of Kevin Smith. I wouldn’t necessarily call him a bad filmmaker; more that the worlds he creates and the characters that inhabit them have never held any interest for me. So when the teaser trailers appeared for Red State, I was intrigued. It neither looked nor sounded […]
Toronto Underground Cinema
set to Open
Anyone who has walked down Spadina Avenue near Queen Street has probably noticed that mysterious Golden Classics sign. I knew that there had once been a movie theatre at 186 Spadina Avenue, I just didn’t know if the space still existed. The 700+ seat cinema, first known as the Golden Harvest and later as the […]
