Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
A poignant examination of the way an unbreakable friendship continues to evolve over time, Josh Greenbaum’s documentary Will & Harper is a heartwarming, necessary conversation starter.
Clever and uniquely heartwarming, filmmaker Megan Park’s second feature My Old Ass looks at existential philosophy from the perspective of a young person.
Reviews of nine films from TIFF, including The Piano Lesson, The Wild Robot, Saturday Night, Conclave, Presence, Seeds, and Anora.
Basic, but solidly constructed and thoughtful, Seeds, the directorial debut of writer-star Kaniehtiio Horn, balances horror, comedy, and social commentary with a deft hand.
Another edgy, engaging, and gorgeously cinematic entry into the growing list of films about people who’ve made a name for themselves in physically demanding and inherently dangerous professions, documentarians Marah …
The revenge fuelled action thriller Rebel Ridge is another winner from perpetually underrated genre auteur Jeremy Saulnier that will keep viewers glued to the edge of their seats.
It’s easy to approach so-called “legacy sequels” with a degree of callous scepticism these days, but Tim Burton’s raucous and highly enjoyable Beetlejuice Beetlejuice assuages all fears that this is …
Deaner ’89 is a comedy with an identity crisis that holds it back from being funny or interesting, which in and of itself is an amusing problem to have considering …
Anora is the kind of fully realized comedy and drama that captures some of life’s most complex emotional responses with good humour, tragic consequences, and fine detail.
Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson’s Rumours is creative, but also pushing the limits of how far a single joke can be taken.
