Film

Although award winning American filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has only directed ten theatrically released feature films across her almost forty year long career (including the forthcoming Detroit, opening in early August), …

To the Bone wants to be two very different things at once: one of them noble and important and the other hackneyed and clichéd. The feature directorial debut of television …

Using Orthodox Judaism as a jumping off point for a larger conversation about broader societal issues, Emil Ben-Shimon’s dramedy The Women’s Balcony takes on a specific religious and cultural viewpoint …

Writer-director Avi Nesher’s historical mystery Past Life entertains, but never fully figures out what it wants to be. Juggling narratives of sisterly togetherness, memories of holocaust survivors, patriarchal biases in …

The idea of blending the 14th century bawdiness and morality tales of Boccaccio’s The Decameron with modern day potty mouthed deadpan comedy sounds like the potential recipe for a disastrously …

As a work of cinema, Chasing Coral is ambitious and unprecedented. As a work of advocacy, it has the power to open eyes and make people at least try to …

If Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes turns out to be the reported final installment in the prequel-slash-reboot franchise, the series will be going out on its …

Historically, humour has always been an important, subversive tool when it comes to standing up for one’s beliefs and holding those in positions of power accountable for their actions. It’s …

The well meaning, but scattershot historical drama 13 Minutes has a great subject and a bold approach, but it also ends up being thin and underdeveloped by trying to do …

Blending appreciations of mathematics, music, and architecture into a fascinating and harmonious mixture, Joseph Clement’s Canadian made documentary Integral Man looks at one of Toronto’s most exclusive and unique residences; …