Film

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 …

Highest 2 Lowest, renowned director Spike Lee’s latest team-up with frequent collaborator Denzel Washington, finds the filmmaker firmly in rousing crowd pleaser territory with expectedly strong results. A kinetic, morally …

The twisty, frequently funny thriller Americana hearkens back to the days when Tarantino riffs were around every corner, and in this instance, that comparison isn’t a bad thing. A highly …

Writer-director Kate Beecroft’s debut feature East of Wall is another strong entry into the ever expanding canon of modern naturalism. Blending non-actors playing off their real life personas and placing …

Amy Berg’s documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley tells the story of a music icon who burned brightly and briefly upon the stage. Although he only released a single full …

Pasvik Folk High School – the setting for Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s latest documentary Folktales – isn’t a normal school. Located two-hundred miles North of the Arctic Circle and …

Amid renewed American interest for the Japanese icon and before the international critical and commercial success of Oscar winning period piece Godzilla Minus One, there was 2016’s game changing and …

The controversial documentary Russians at War will understandably provoke mixed feelings in those who watch it. It certainly raised the ire of many who hadn’t yet viewed Anastasia Trofimova’s film, …