You have to give some credit where it’s due: Threads by Instagram had one of the biggest first days of any social media service ever, with a reported 10 million …
GATEKeeper’s Blog
For four days I soaked up those sunsets at S Hotel Jamaica, and every evening was like a beautiful, vivid dream. The hotel has spectacular views to watch the sun …
The GATE is a passion project that started 22 years ago, developing from a collection of reviews to become a zine, and quickly evolving into something larger.
The New Year always makes me think about what I’m leaving behind, and 2022 was the best year of my career. In all the years I’ve been running The GATE …
Film festivals are one of my favourite windows for the world. They’re filled with the stories that make people tick, what’s wrong with the world, and what we’re all dreaming …
Pura Vida is a way of life in Costa Rica. The “Pure Life” or the “Simple Life” is more than just taking it easy in the stunningly beautiful, down-to-earth, and …
This has been a great year at TIFF. The festival has been better than it was even in 2019, and between Saturday and Sunday I screened more of my top …
King Street almost feels like it did a few years ago as the Toronto International Film Festival returned this week for a fest that’s packed with everything that made it …
Travel makes me happy, and I have a lot of favourite places, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston, but there’s nowhere like New York City, and I had a great …
If you’re wondering what a Disney cruise vacation is like, and what makes it such a unique trip, my family and I went on our first ever at the end …