October 21, 2025Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi on the politics of playing outside of Tehran’s rules4 min read
October 20, 2025reviewIn snide kidnapping comedy Bugonia, Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are victims of their Yorgos Lanthimos affinityBarry Hertz3 min read
October 16, 2025reviewNew version of Kiss of the Spider Woman is unblemished by its own political realities Saffron Maeve4 min read
October 16, 2025reviewJulia Roberts tries to avoid cancellation in sexual-politics drama After the HuntRadheyan Simonpillai4 min read
October 15, 2025How Rose Byrne kicked the screen till it bleeds daylight in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You5 min read
October 15, 2025film reviewRose Byrne’s raw intensity in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You will send you into the best kind of hystericsBarry Hertz4 min read
October 15, 2025film reviewAs a hopeless guardian angel, Keanu Reeves is a comic godsend in Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune Barry Hertz3 min read
October 13, 2025reviewGuillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is an exquisite corpse of a movieBarry Hertz3 min read
October 9, 2025film reviewCanadian reboot of swords-and-sorcery flick Deathstalker slays just a little too hardBarry Hertz3 min read
October 8, 2025reviewTron: Ares has a head like a hole, but a great Nine Inch Nails soundtrackBarry Hertz4 min read
October 8, 2025reviewUrgent but uneven documentary Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 doesn’t quite add upSarah-Tai Black2 min read
October 8, 2025bigger pictureA House of Dynamite is a chilling reminder of the threat of nuclear warJohanna Schneller4 min read
October 7, 2025film reviewAt VIFF, charming Canadian romcom Middle Life will send you deep into a July Talk Spotify vortexBarry Hertz3 min read
October 7, 2025film reviewChanning Tatum hits a cinematic ceiling with charming but manipulative RoofmanRadheyan Simonpillai4 min read
October 3, 2025Toronto’s Ageless Film Festival seizes golden moment for those in their golden years3 min read
October 2, 2025Whether directing or acting, Benny Safdie wants to smash Hollywood’s machine5 min read
October 2, 2025film reviewDaniel Day-Lewis and director son Ronan offer a dreadful family memento with AnemoneBarry Hertz3 min read
October 2, 2025film reviewDwayne Johnson crushes expectations with the surprising, subversive drama The Smashing MachineBarry Hertz5 min read
October 1, 2025For Peter Mettler’s sprawling visual diary, he decided to let life make the film4 min read
September 30, 2025film reviewThe Road Between Us documentary leaves much unsaid about Oct. 7, Israel and GazaKate Taylor3 min read