Sundance 2018: Damsel Review
The Zellner Bros (Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter) dig up some more of those Coen brother vibes for Damsel.
Mia Wasikowska
Alice Through The Looking Glass Review
While Alice Through The Looking Glass is that rare sequel that's actually better than the original, that doesn't necessarily make it good.
Crimson Peak Blu-ray Review
Guillermo del Toro's gothic romance Crimson Peak didn't get the love it deserved in theatres, fortunately it still got the full treatment for its new Blu-ray release.
Crimson Peak Review
Crimson Peak offers up more proof that Guillermo del Toro is one of the most exciting filmmakers in the business.
Madame Bovary Review
Director Sophie Barthes adapts one of the great works, casting the formidable Mia Wasikowska in the title role as one of literature’s most famous social climbers and doomed heroines. Does the film adaptation do Flaubert's novel justice?
Interview: David Cronenberg
We talk to filmmaker David Cronenberg about his work on Maps to the Stars.
Contest: See Maps to the Stars
Enter for a chance to win run-of-engagement passes to see Maps to the Stars and a David Cronenberg prize pack, courtesy of Dork Shelf and eOne Films.
TIFF 2014: Maps to the Stars Review
Maps to the Stars Gala From the cold, calculating, and cynical brain of David Cronenberg comes an unexpected Hollywood satire. At first, it’s jarring to see Cronenberg staging a gleefully foul mouthed and filthy comedy amidst a group of drugged up, self-obsessed, La-La-land phonies. The script from Bruce Wagner is not particularly funny, but an […]
Tracks Review
It’s probably hard to make a film about someone simply walking from one end of a desert to another, but there’s got to be a better way to handle it than how John Curran does in Tracks.
CONTEST: See an Advance Screening of TRACKS in TORONTO, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, CALGARY, EDMONTON, or WINNIPEG!
Enter for a chance to win a pair of passes to see an advance screening of Tracks in Toronto on June 4th, Vancouver on June 5th, Victoria on June 16th, or Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton on June 18th, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Mongrel Media!
CONTEST: See an Advance Screening of THE DOUBLE in TORONTO!
Enter for a chance to see an advance screening of The Double in Toronto on Wednesday, June 11th at 7:15pm, courtesy of Dork Shelf and D Films!
Only Lovers Left Alive Review
Only Lovers Left Alive might be world renowned auteur Jim Jarmusch’s most widely accessible film, but that doesn’t mean it’s a straight up vampire story or a tale of lovers under strain. It’s a eulogy for a dying way of life that paints the filmmaker as the last of a dying breed.
This Week at The Bloor: 1/31/14
This week at The Bloor Cinema, films and stories about children featuring Nina Davenport's First Comes Love and film scholar Mark Cousins' more literally titled A Story of Children and Film
TIFF 2013: The Double Review
The Double Special Presentation Director: Richard Ayoade After starting his directorial career with a pitch perfect recreation of bad 80s television in Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, Richard Ayoade has slid into to feature filmmaking by mimicking much artier affair. His sweet little debut Submarine riffed on Wes Anderson and all the French New Wave directors that […]
TIFF 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive Review
Only Lovers Left Alive Special Presentation Director: Jim Jarmusch It’s easy to get lost in a song, which explains why it’s so easy to immerse yourself in Jim Jarmusch’s wandering snow globes. From the Memphis ghosts of Mystery Train to the street bred samurai of Ghost Dog, Jarmusch embraces musical influence in a very literal […]
