Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
Jackie Chan has appeared in over a hundred films throughout his legendary career. Not all of them are good, but the baffling and dull Kung-Fu Yoga is one of the …
While most TIFF retrospectives focus on filmmakers, award winning Italian actress Anna Magnani, once referred to by Bette Davis as the greatest to ever live, has an impressive body of …
The Red Turtle looks and feels like a landmark achievement in animation, and following it’s Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature earlier this week it has been framed as such. …
With only a passing glance, the now Oscar nominated German film Toni Erdmann comes across like a daunting work to approach. The Best Foreign Film contender runs nearly three hours …
For his latest documentary, The Skyjacker’s Tale, Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner takes a brisk, well researched look at a fascinating, multilayered bit of true crime lore. Not only does Kastner …
Return of Xander Cage isn’t a great film, but it’s one that has learned good lessons from past mistakes. More Mission: Impossible and less James Bond 2.0, this third entry …
There’s a long list of ways in which M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Split, could have gone horribly wrong, but thanks to outstanding work by James McAvoy and a script …
By no means a great work of cinema, The Bye Bye Man is still a deliriously fun throwback to the kinds of 1980s slasher films that never get made anymore.
Romanian filmmaker Cristi Puiu’s family drama Sieranevada asks a lot of the audience with its claustrophobic feeling and nearly three hour long running time, but it’s so observant and realistic …
After a lackluster year for Canadian features in 2016, we’re proud to look at the ten worthy features selected for this year’s TIFF sponsored Canada’s Top Ten, running from January …
