Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
Alex Garland’s Civil War is an ideologically messy, but undeniably novel bait and switch.
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Unbalanced, but still hitting a romantic sweet-spot that will be undeniably pleasing to some, The Greatest Hits is a high concept lark built from ill fitting pieces of other genre …
Rich in history and playful imagery, writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s latest feature, La Chimera, takes the form of grand folklore, complete with a handful of old school ballads to punctuate the …
“The ideal time to decarbonize was 20 years ago, the most realistic time is now,” said Zena Harris, president of Green Spark Group, and founder of the Sustainable Production Forum.
Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man is uneven in ways similar to other debut features. While the star, co-writer, and director is able to create some dazzling images, powerful subtext, …
The best film in the Omen franchise since… well, the first… Omen, this prequel resurrects the series and brings it to new heights in the process.
The Old Oak is the latest and possibly final socially conscious drama from esteemed British filmmaker Ken Loach, and if indeed this manages to be his swan song, he’s capping …
Partially based on a true story, the uneven and only occasionally amusing British period dramedy Wicked Little Letters is the kind of movie that can only generate chuckles through the …
Remembering Gene Wilder is the sort of easy going memorial documentary that makes for decent enough comfort viewing.
Someone Like You is a silly, unknowingly creepy, and wholly earnest Christian romance made for people who find Pumpkin Spice Lattes too spicy and Hallmark movies too secular.