Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
The batty and hyperactive action comedy Fight or Flight lands somewhere between homage and parody. Derivative of the likes of every John Wick and Die Hard clone to come out …
Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-Ke’s latest film Caught by the Tides is a lot like his earlier films; not tonally or structurally, but somewhat more literally. A blending of past and …
Canadian writer-director Jason Buxton’s Sharp Corner is a rarity these days: a wholly original film that occupies its own space in terms of tone and content. A moody character piece …
Clown in a Cornfield isn’t a terrifying or particularly groundbreaking slasher horror, but it’s still a great time just the same. Aiming for maximum entertainment value and offering up a …
Durga Chew-Bose’s adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s novel Bonjour Tristesse scales back its source text to the bone and finds great specificity in silence. Whether showing the longing, jealousy, rage, sadness, …
Another Simple Favor is a deliciously campy and vampy sequel to an already outlandish film that wasn’t clamouring for a follow up, and yet here we are, and I’m glad …
Like many of the better Marvel Studios projects as of late, Thunderbolts* exists in an odd space, caught between being a very good movie saddled with a ton of franchise… …
Jeremy Workman’s documentary Secret Mall Apartment wants the viewer to carefully consider where art and life intersect. If someone calls themself an artist, does that mean that their art is …
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance (the opening film of this year’s Hot Docs Festival) is a dutiful and personal look back at the historical struggles and mobilizations of …
Director Shoshannah Stern takes the celebrity biographical documentary to new and refreshing levels with Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, a look at the career, struggles, and successes of the most …
