For his first feature film, Dust Bunny, television veteran Bryan Fuller attacks the screen like a man possessed. A visual phantasmagoria of styles, tones, colours, sounds, and focused absurdism, Dust …
Toronto International Film Festival
In Jamal Burger and Jukan Tateisi’s documentary Still Single (which opens in Toronto at TIFF Lightbox this weekend), legendary, visionary, and still relatively young culinary artist Chef Masaki Saito opens …
Although films already exist about the historical events that transpired in writer-director James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, this film examines the trials that forever shaped war crime prosecutions from a different perspective. …
Director and co-writer David Michôd’s biographical boxing drama Christy barely gets away with a split decision. Thanks to some outstanding lead performances and a well drawn period setting, this recounting …
Vancouver born musician Kid Koala’s animated feature Space Cadet (which opens the 29th annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival this week) is full of heart and warmth. An easygoing, …
While relentlessly stylish and boasting an impressive leading performance from Colin Farrell, Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player disappointingly illustrates the pitfalls of adapting a rich, complex novel into …
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a landmark career achievement. I don’t mean that in the sense that it’s the best film in del Toro’s impressive catalogue, but in the sense …
Good Fortune is writer, director, producer and star Aziz Ansari’s new comedy, and it’s a surprising deep-dive into the funny and serious troubles of the gig economy.
John Candy: I Like Me is a heartfelt, loving tribute to an actor who never got their proper due. A legendary comedic (and dramatic) talent who passed away far too …
The Smashing Machine is a smartly made movie that doesn’t attempt to intellectualize a sport where people pummel each other for money. Instead of looking at melodramatic moral breakdowns, devastating …
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