Tim Robbins
Let's play ball! Attend Paid in Sweat's 35th-anniversary screening of BULL DURHAM in 35mm at the Revue Cinema!
comPOSERS Episode 103: Howard the Duck
Join us on this very, very bad acid flashback as we discuss the otherwise-decent score for Howard the Duck by John Barry and Sylvester Levay!
comPOSERS Episode 73: The Shawshank Redemption
Join us as we crawl through a river of shit in this week's episode on The Shawshank Redemption and its score by Thomas Newman.
The Criterion Shelf: Film Plays Itself
Criterion Channel has assembled seventeen films that deal with films within films, here they are in my preferential order.
Horoscopics: The Top 10 Aquarius Movies
Aquarius season began on January 21st and with it comes the energy of innovation, rebelliousness and altruism. Here are the top ten films that fit into the Aquarian archetype. Buckle up, things are about to get weird.
Black Hole Films Episode 125 – The Shawshank Redemption
Vivieno Caldinelli joins Jeremy to watch THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION!
Black Hole Films Episode 96 – Bull Durham
Alice Moran joins Jeremy to watch BULL DURHAM and lets him pretend to know stuff about athletics from time to time while they revel in a film that celebrates the brutal reality of minor league sports.
The Player Criterion Blu-ray Review
After many years relegated to just being a Basic Blu, Criterion has re-released Robert Altman's 1992 Hollywood skewering comedy The Player with a bevy of new extras joining some great archival ones.
A Perfect Day Director Talks Tonal Shifts and Working in Bosnia
Fernando León de Aranoa speaks to us about how A Perfect Day was influenced by his personal experiences working with international aid workers in Bosnia, his close collaboration with Benicio Del Toro, and his love mixing tones to capture all the beautiful grays of life.
Contest: See A Perfect Day in Toronto or Vancouver
Win run of engagement passes to see A Perfect Day in Toronto or Vancouver.
Welcome To Me Review
It’s unlikely that Kristin Wiig's surreal comedy Welcome To me will have much mainstream success in theaters, but this sucker has “future cult favorite” written all over it.
Life of Crime Review
The lightweight, but fun Elmore Leonard adaptation Life of Crime should leave fans of the late author happy.
20 Sleeper Hits You Can Rent for Free from Bay Street Video
Our film editor was asked to contribute to a list of dozens of "sleeper hits" that can currently be rented free of charge from Bay Street Video in Toronto. Given the vague definition of the term, here is why he chose his films on the list and gives recommendations for other films to pair alongside the free rentals.
Thanks for Sharing Review
It might only just be finding a theatrical release now in Canada (after premiering at TIFF in 2012) to capitalize on the relative success of the similarly pitched Don Jon, but as far as looks at sex addiction go writer and director Stuart Blumberg’s Thanks for Sharing is almost infinitely preferable in spite of its own flaws and shortcomings.
TIFF 2013: Life of Crime Review
Life Of Crime Closing Night Gala Director: Daniel Schechter It’s been a long time since Elmore Leonard was treated well on the big screen. Back in those innocent iPod-free days of the 90s, the author’s books became brilliant crime comedies like Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, and Out of Sight. Since then things have been a […]