Tully Directed by Jason Reitman

Published May 04, 2018

How do you solve a problem like Jason Reitman? For more than a decade now, the Canadian director has fancied himself a Jonathan Demme-esque...

TIFF 2017: Happy End Directed by Michael Haneke

Published Sep 07, 2017

Is there a filmmaker more preoccupied with revisiting themes from his body of work these days than Michael Haneke? In 2017, you could count...

PACmen Directed by Luke Walker

Published May 02, 2017

Luke Walker's PACmen is an effective, if slight, look at the inner workings behind Dr. Ben Carson's failed presidential bid. The film is as...

Paterson Directed by Jim Jarmusch

Published Feb 07, 2017

This review was originally published during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Paterson, the new film by American treasure Jim...

Toni Erdmann Directed by Maren Ade

Published Jan 25, 2017

Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann shouldn't work as well as it does. At nearly three hours in length, the German comedy veers in tone through outrage...

In a Valley of Violence Directed by Ti West

Published Oct 20, 2016

Ti West is a very difficult filmmaker to pin down. Rooting his work in the 'mumblegore' scene along with a cohort made up of Adam Wingard an...

Blair Witch Directed by Adam Wingard

Published Sep 14, 2016

Is Adam Wingard the best genre filmmaker working today? Blair Witch makes a compelling argument in his favour, after back-to-back audience h...

The Birth of a Nation Directed by Nate Parker

Published Sep 14, 2016

Nate Parker's writer/director/starring turn triple-threat The Birth of a Nation turned heads at Sundance with its provocative subject matter...

The Handmaiden Directed by Park Chan-wook

Published Sep 08, 2016

South Korean master Park Chan-wook returns with The Handmaiden, a dazzling queer revenge epic and his first film since his English-language...

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Published Sep 07, 2016

Thank god for Paul Verhoeven.   Roaring back to life after a decade-long hiatus, the Dutch master of the deranged has made his sleaziest f...

How Heavy This Hammer Directed by Kazik Radwanski

Published Aug 11, 2016

Kazik Radwanski, one of Canada's most exciting new filmmakers, makes movies about very flawed men. From Derek, the creep at the centre of hi...

Jason Bourne Directed by Paul Greengrass

Published Jul 29, 2016

Nine years after our man swam away at the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, director Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are back with Jason Bourne, t...

Finding Dory Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane

Published Jun 17, 2016

There's no denying that Pixar is in a bit of a rut these days, give or take an Inside Out. With the exception of that film, it's been six lo...

Dark Horse Directed by Louise Osmond

Published May 20, 2016

Louise Osmond's Dark Horse is a charming documentary about a small town that pools their funds together to breed and raise a champion raceho...

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four Directed by Deborah S. Esquenazi

Published May 06, 2016

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four is a strong documentary about homophobia and the failure of the justice system, depict...

Captain America: Civil War Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo

Published May 04, 2016

Captain America: Civil War is Marvel's strongest film in years, a thematic reshuffling of the deck for Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic U...

Operation Avalanche Directed by Matt Johnson

Published May 02, 2016

Matt Johnson is Canada's DIY punk Steven Spielberg. His ever-busy frames contain magic tricks within magic tricks, daring you to spot the se...

Chasing Asylum Directed by Eva Orner

Published Apr 29, 2016

Chasing Asylum is a solid expository documentary about Australia's terrible treatment of refugees, an exposé in the truest sense that intend...

Weiner Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

Published Apr 29, 2016

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's Weiner is the pop political documentary of the year, a fly-on-the-wall look at disgraced former U.S. Con...

Tower Directed by Keith Maitland

Published Apr 28, 2016

Keith Maitland's Tower is remarkable in its approach to history, depicting the 1966 University of Texas mass shooting through rotoscoped ani...