Gone GirlBy Bernard Boo On the subject of David Fincher’s disturbing, fascinating Gone Girl, there are a handful of things of which I am sure, and one thing of which I’m painfully unsure. I’m sure that...
Life After BethBy Michael Nazarewycz While zombie movies can be traced back to the 1930s, the modern zombie film era is generally accepted to have begun with George A. Romero’s Night of the Living...
Believe MeBy Edward Haynes Believe Me marks director Will Bakke’s first foray into fiction film after two documentaries, One Nation Under God and Beware of the Christians. Both of these films attempted to...
Time Out of Mind (NYFF Review)By Zachary Shevich Performances are the main selling point as the content is dull and insubstantial.
PrideBy Bernard Boo Warchus and Beresford have managed to sneak a progressive, rule-breaking film into mainstream cinemas. You'll be driven to tears, and every drop is earned.
LiltingBy Michael Nazarewycz Almost every film review I have written has opened with an introduction relating to the film at hand, whether it be an anecdote or a trivia item about awards,...
Two Night StandBy Ananda Dillon While tales of the war zone that is online dating in our modern era are timely, the release date of the latest film to cover the subject, Two Night...
Starred UpBy Patrick Larkin Fans of the terrific cult British teen drama Skins have long suspected that it was only a matter of time before Jack O’Connell rose to star status. Fantastic as...
This Ain’t No Mouse MusicBy Bernard Boo The setting is an outdoor blues concert in Louisiana. Sitting in a chair in the middle of the audience wearing earth tones and a baseball cap is Chris Strachwitz, the 83-year-old...
Laggies (TIFF Review)By Dustin Jansick Coming off a disappointing previous film (Touchy Feely), director Lynn Shelton returns with Laggies to what she does best —examining likable but flawed characters at a crossroads in their life....
AltmanBy C.J. Prince Simplicity can be the most effective method sometimes, especially in the case of Ron Mann’s documentary Altman. Instead of taking an ambitious approach to legendary director Robert Altman’s life,...
20,000 Days on EarthBy Ananda Dillon Nick Cave, a musician, songwriter, author, and sometime actor, whose music seems to polarize listeners into love or hate categories, fictitiously frames his 20,000th day on earth in this...
TracksBy C.J. Prince In 1977, 27 year-old Robyn Davidson embarked on what would become a 9 month, 1,700 mile journey across the Australian deserts. She travelled from the town of Alice Springs...
The Strange Color of Your Body’s TearsBy Michael Nazarewycz After decades of watching movies, I never thought I would discover a genre I had never heard of before. Such is the case–was the case–with “giallo.” “Giallo” (from the...
