The Man Who Sold His Skin Review: Still Life
This Best International Feature Oscar nominee sees the human migration crisis collide with wayward arts biz.
The Square
The Burnt Orange Heresy Review: Everyone’s a Critic
After drolly skewering art curators in The Square, Claes Bang roasts art critics in The Burnt Orange Heresy.
Our 100 Favourite Movies of the Decade: 2017
That Shelf's look back at our 100 favourite movies of the past 10 years continues with our biggest year so far: 2017!
Dork Shelf’s Picks for the 2014 Oscars
Our Film and Performing Arts Editor gives his picks for what he thinks will win big at tomorrow night's Oscar ceremony. Please note: he is still not an expert.
The Dork Shelf Guide to the 2014 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
We take a look at six exceptional films playing at this year's Human Rights Watch Film Festival, starting tonight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, designed to shine a light on societal problems around the world and to foster necessary dialogues, discussions, and hopefully change for the future.
The Next Two Weeks at The Bloor: 2/21/14 & 2/28/14
We review the one new film at The Bloor this week, a look inside the US Federal Reserve in Money for Nothing, and look ahead to a slew of events over the next two weeks, including return engagements of all of this years Oscar nominated documentary features, the Oscars themselves, several returning series, and an appearance from famed stand-up comedy icon Paul Mooney.
This Week at The Bloor: 1/24/14
Another solid week at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema brings a look at an offbeat Icelandic museum in The Final Member, the rise of one of basketball's most recent superstars in Linsanity, a screening of one of the best rock concert films of all time (Stop Making Sense), and a very special tribute and fundraiser for recently passed documentary icon Peter Wintonick.
This Week at The Bloor: 1/17/14
A positively stacked week at The Bloor brings the harrowing and rightfully Academy Award nominated look at the Egyptian revolution, The Square, the poignant look at "Eskimo culture," Arctic Defenders, and a slew of special screenings worth consideration, including classic documentary On the Bowery and the fun look at creativity From Nothing, Something. It's such a good week, we decided to run the column a day early for a change.
This Week at the Bloor 12/23/13
The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema closes out their programming year with the stunning and thoughtful Expedition to the End of the World and the problematic Maidentrip. We also look at a bunch of special screenings happening over the holiday season, including the quadruple-feature of holiday classics going down today!
