Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
I’m not quite sure what to make of the oddball, bloody, deadpan black comedy The Art of Self-Defense, but I’m positive that it’s the kind of film that’s going to …
Sword of Trust, the latest film from indie movie veteran Lynn Shelton, takes a lot of metaphorical comedic cues from its titular object, and not in the most complementary of …
Roads in February, the quietly stunning and impressive debut feature from Canadian filmmaker Katherine Jerkovic, is one of those rare films that can tell volumes worth of story without saying …
Writer-director Lulu Wang’s autobiographical family drama The Farewell is the rare kind of overwhelmingly honest, carefully observed, and unabashedly emotional filmmaking that words simply can’t do justice because the feelings …
An interview with documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, about their film Push, a scathing, but humane look at the …
The shockingly boring killer reptile movie Crawl (which wasn’t screened in advance of its opening for critics) has a low bar to clear if it wants to be a bloody, …
Point Blank is the kind of unabashed throwback action picture that will work best at the end of a long day with a six pack of beer and an extra …
Director Jon Favreau’s “live action” remake of Disney’s dearly beloved animated classic The Lion King is both a hard and easy film to review, but a good one nonetheless.
As formulaic, marginally satisfying, and predictable as a bowl of vanilla ice cream with no toppings, the action comedy Stuber manages to deliver some decent chuckles and an appropriate level …
The unconvincing and staggeringly self-centred documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, the latest feature from controversial British director Nick Broomfield, is a perfect example of a film that almost …
