Awards Shelf: What Could Be Canada’s Oscar Submission?
Could Deepa, Nadia, or Maria have a date with Oscar?
Xavier Dolan
Our 100 Favourite Movies of the Decade: 2014
We've cleared off some space on That Shelf for our 100 favourite movies of the decade. Here's our favourite films from 2014!
Matthias & Maxime Review
Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime is easily his sexiest film yet, and also one of his strongest.
2015 Canadian Screen Award Winners Gallery
Just a few of the snaps we took of last night's Canadian Screen Award winners followed by the full list of winners.
CONTEST: See ELEPHANT SONG in TORONTO
We're giving away passes to see a screening of Elephant Song in Toronto this Friday followed by a Q&A with actor Bruce Greenwood!
TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten: New School and Old School
Featuring a blend of veteran filmmakers (many of whom deliver documentaries) and first time feature directors, TIFF's Canada's Top Ten line up for this year is unique and eclectic.
TFCA Announces 2014 Award Winners
Led by Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress winner Boyhood, the Toronto Film Critics Association has announced their award winners for the best of film in 2014.
Mommy Review
While Mommy continues to showcase Xavier Dolan's talents as a filmmaker, it also shows him as a masterful storyteller.
TIFF 2014: Elephant Song Review
Elephant Song Special Presentations In the moment, it’s easy to get a little invested in Elephant Song, a mysterious drama about a senior doctor, Toby Green (Bruce Greenwood) being called in on Christmas to see if a charismatic patient, Michael (Xavier Dolan, acting in a film he didn’t make himself), knows anything about a missing […]
TIFF 2014: Mommy Review
Mommy Special Presentations Although it’s quite good has been garnering considerable acclaim since its debut at Cannes earlier this year, Mommy might be Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s most over thought film to date. In a fictional 2015 where it has become legal for parents facing hardship to place difficult, unruly, or developmentally challenged kids into […]
Tom at the Farm Review
Young Quebecois actor and filmmaker Xavier Dolan delivers a solid genre effort with the thriller Tom at the Farm.
Canada’s Night to Shine: The 2014 Canadian Screen Awards Preview
Tomorrow night the best and brightest in Canadian movies and television get celebrated with the Canadian Screen Awards (airing on CBC at 8:00pm, hosted by Martin Short). Our Film and Performing Arts editor looks at this year's nominees, makes a couple of predictions, and wonders aloud why only technically three of the Best Feature nominees have actually been released in theatres.
The Best TIFF Canada’s Top 10 Yet
Think 2013 was a weak year for Canadian cinema? Think again because most of the best work from this past year is merely being sat on for release this year. Our Film Editor looks at this year's TIFF Canada's Top Ten (kicking off this weekend) and the finest line-up of Canada's best to date.
TIFF 2013: Tom at the Farm Review
Tom at the Farm Special Presentation Director: Xavier Dolan Following up his excellent and highly ambitous Laurence Anyways with something completely different, Dolan delivers a subdued drama and suspense thriller about an outsider, a fracturing family, and lost love, and it’s all set on a farm pretty much in the middle of nowhere. It feels […]
Laurence Anyways Review
With his best film to date, Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan still doesn't overcome his excessive love of style, but he assuredly makes his mark as a masterful storyteller in the lengthy Laurence Anyways.
