“Bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.”
Avengers: Infinity War better step aside because the true most ambitious crossover event has arrived. It’s Murder House meets Coven…
“Militias tried to stop us filming, but with Libyans there’s always a way” – Freedom Fields
Naziha Arebi isn’t any ordinary filmmaker, though it takes one of a certain kind to spend five years documenting the…
“I practiced smoking for four months to play this part” – TIFF day two
Chris Pine’s Scottish adventure, a subdued political documentary, a surprise Western and a Slovenian study of suppressed youth on day…
Why is “Peterloo” so bad? Day one at TIFF
A masterpiece, two festival favourites and a turkey on opening day at Tiff 2018. My day one schedule: 9am –…
Summer Cinema Round-up
Multiplexes had to contend with remarkably good weather and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Despite these pressures, audience attendance was…
“Cold War” returns Poland to the forefront of cinema
The runtime of Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War”, a slick ninety minutes, mirrors the austerity of the communist-era Poland in which…
Weeks 2 and 3 are cancelled for the London Film Festival 2018
If the Toronto International Film Festival is the New Hampshire Primary of the festival circuit, the London Film Festival (LFF)…
“Sharp Objects” Will Shake You
Sharp Objects is a murder-mystery that burrows deeper into the mind of its protagonist than it does into the toxic…
Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games Comedy Tour
“If you’re not laughing at that one – your imagination is the problem” states Anthony Jeselnik, after describing to everyone…
Winnie the Gloom
Evoking nostalgia is not enough to save Christopher Robin from being a gloomy affair. It’s too much about the titular…
