Ash Is Purest White Review
Jia Zhangke's sprawling tale of love, ego and societal change in modern China is an entrancing look at how the cycles we often find ourselves in are just part of the universe's design.
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Exclusive Interview: Jia Zhangke Talks ASH IS PUREST WHITE, Gangster Films and His Love of Disco Music
That Shelf spoke exclusively with the acclaimed filmmaker Jia Zhangke about his new film Ash is Purest White , his fascination with the gangster genre, the challenges of maintaining ones voice, and how to use Disco music.
Sid Sriram’s Entropy Tour is on Its Way to Toronto and Montreal
Stream Sid Sriram's Entropy album and listen to a live rendition of Limitless with the SLGV Choir.
Toronto Screening Calendar: March 2019
From free screenings and 35mm presentations, to the classic monthly shadowcast screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show , Toronto movie lovers continue to get spoiled by our city's incredible film programmers. Get all the details from this month's screening guide!
Youngblood Blu-ray Review
Youngblood certainly still knows how to rile up a crowd, but is incredibly dated with its attitudes about our national pastime and particularly the violence that can erupt out of it.
What The Film Festival Reveals Its 2019 Lineup
What the Film Festival 2019 is a love letter to outsider cinema and the audiences who adore it. See the full lineup!
Toronto Screening Calendar: February 2019
From silent films to concert movies that have to be played LOUD, Toronto movie lovers continue to get spoiled by our city's wacky curators. Get all the details from this month's screening guide!
Cinema of Fire: The Top 5 Films of Director Ringo Lam
Colin Geddes provides a truly personal look at a titan of Hong Kong cinema.
Toronto Screening Calendar: December 2018
Cinemas are offering a lot more than just Die Hard and It's a Wonderful Life screenings this month (though there are plenty of those as well). See it all in December's Toronto screening calendar!
Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire Preview at The VOID
The VOID's new Star Wars -themed hyper-reality experience is a like a dream come true. It's an action-packed multi-sensory, untethered story, designed to thrill VR veterans while remaining accessible to newbies.
Blood in the Snow Film Festival Announces its 2018 LINEUP
The Blood in the Snow film festival is a horror lover's nightmare come true. The Toronto-based festival offers audiences several days of Canadian horror, genre, and underground cinema.
BMFF Launches Creators Coven – ‘The Feature is Female’
Exciting things are afoot for genre cinema! The Bloody Mary Film Festival is spearheading an initiative to support and promote emerging female genre filmmakers.
Reel Asian International Film Festival Unveils Its 2018 Slate
Reel Asian, Toronto's annual celebration of pan-Asian cinema, has announced its 2018 slate.
Michael Haneke on Social Media, Isabelle Huppert, Filmmaking in the US, and Where He Keeps his Golden Globe
That Shelf was lucky enough to get a chance to chat with the legendary art house provocateur Michael Haneke when he came to TIFF to premiere Happy End last fall. It was a shockingly playful chat from the Austrian auteur, involving smiles and giggles that we didn't even know he was capable of.
Happy End Review
Anyone anxious to experience some slow burn misery on the big screen this winter needn't worry. Austrian auteur Michael Haneke is back with the delightfully ironically titled Happy End .
