With The Toxic Avenger, writer-director Macon Blair attempts to breathe some new life into the adventures of New Jersey’s greatest superhero, but the results are mixed and sludgy. While it’s …
The Roses is a movie at war with itself. That’s somewhat ironic considering it’s an adaptation of William Adler’s 1981 novel The War of the Roses (previously made into a …
With the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival just over a week away, we’re deep into planning our schedules. While we have the privilege and honour of seeing …
Compensation is a decades spanning drama that embodies the sentiment of doing something “with love and struggle.” That classic phrase is employed poignantly and literally within the text of director …
Lisa D’Apolito’s documentary Shari and Lamb Chop lovingly examines the life and career of a pop culture icon and her impact on an entire industry. A Jewish girl from the …
A fun and stylish entry into the canon of films about getaway drivers, Eenie Meanie starts off in a simple place before expanding into something refreshingly deeper than one might …
The darkly comedic detective yarn Honey Don’t! finds director and co-writer Ethan Coen making the same mistakes that were made on their last project alongside co-writer and life partner Tricia …
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague after watching Relay for the first time, last September at TIFF. Given the people involved with the making of it, Relay was …
The Map That Leads to You is the kind of movie that isn’t good, but you aren’t that mad about it because everyone involved knows exactly what they’re doing. A …
Night Always Comes is the rare example of a misguided thriller that feels thin and stifling at the same time. There’s plenty of atmosphere and in-your-face subtext, but also curiously …