Maria Review: The Performance of a Lifetime
Angelia Jolie gives a luminous performance as famed soprano Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's thematic follow-up to Jackie and Spencer.
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Contra Zoom Pod Episode 250: A24 Retrospective – Slow West
Dakota and Rachel are joined by Jericho Tadeo to discuss Slow West on Contra Zoom Pod!
The Best Films of 2021: A Year in Review
That Shelf's writers pick the best films of 2021, including The Power of the Dog, Summer of Soul, Dune, Flee, Pig, and The French Dispatch.
TIFF 2021: The Power of the Dog Review
Jane Campion's return to directing proves a nuanced and quietly-thrilling look at identity, masculinity, and isolation with a career-best performance from Benedict Cumberbatch
Interview: Kodi Smit-McPhee takes a trip to 2067
Kodi Smit-McPhee talks with That Shelf about his new sci-fi spectacle 2067, the power of Jane Campion, and how he’s coping with a world turned upside down.
Dark Phoenix Review
Can a classic storyline and stacked cast raise the final X-Men movie above mediocrity?
Dark Phoenix Video Review
Managing Editor Jason Gorber reviews Dark Phoenix – Does it raise the X-Men franchise from the ashes of Apocalypse or is it a First Class failure?
Contest: See DARK PHOENIX in Toronto!
That Shelf wants to send you and a friend to an advance screening of Dark Phoenix in Toronto on Wednesday, June 5th!
Slow West Review
Slow West is a thrilling debut and a worthy addition to the list of recent revisionist Westerns that already includes The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James.
John Maclean Interview
Dork Shelf recently got a chance to chat with Slow West director John Maclean as the film gears up for its Canadian release. We picked his brain about the motivations behind his uniquely strange Western debut.
The Young Ones Review
There's not enough story, character, or originality to sustain Jake Paltrow's great looking and well acting apocalyptic western The Young Ones.
The Congress Review
The Congress is unquestionably one of the worst films of the year, but probably the only one made by a visionary talent.
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.
Interview: Rob Meyer
We talk to Rob Meyer, director of the coming of age film A Birder's Guide to Everything (now available on DVD and VOD in Canada, and on DVD in the US this coming Tuesday and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Kingsley) about the energy his young stars brought to the production, how he pulled unlikely inspiration from Monty Python, why it’s impossible to look cool while birdwatching, and why he was actually really excited to fight his film’s initial R-rating in front of the MPAA.
Home Entertainment Round-Up: 5/20/14
We play catch up with the DVDs we've accumulated over the past month with Phil looking at Criterion releases for Riot in Cell Block 11 and Breaking the Waves, the recently remastered Sorcerer, a re-cut version of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, the fourth and final season of Eastbound and Down, and the latest Paranormal Activity film. Dave looks at straight-to-video efforts Mr. Jones and Bad Country, along with new discs for Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Seven Warriors. And Andrew looks back on A Birder's Guide to Everything and Big Bad Wolves.
