Film/TV
By Melissa Brassard
From avant electronica to orchestral film scores and live reinterpretations of cult classics, VIFF Live is pushing cinema beyond the screen.
By Prabhjot Bains
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation succeeds less as a self-serious prestige epic and more as an unintentional, gloriously oversized B-movie.
By Prabhjot Bains
David Wain’s Wizard of Oz riff recalls the unabashedly silly, proudly low-brow fare that once occupied a key part of the pop-cultural fabric.
By Prabhjot Bains
From Greg Arakki’s long-awaited return to Nolan’s mythically gargantuan Greek epic, here is what to watch in July.
By Prabhjot Bains
Olivia Wilde’s crackling comedy of manners feels more emotionally expansive than the grandest of studio epics.
By Prabhjot Bains
Adrian Chiarella’s queer horror reflects painful social realities.
By Prabhjot Bains
Steven Spielberg’s best film in 20 years is the spiritual culmination of his career-spanning fascination with alien life.
By Prabhjot Bains
From Spielberg’s return to a reimagining of a classic legend, here is what to watch in June.
By Prabhjot Bains
Director John Carney's charming ode to dreamers and second chances is on key.
By Prabhjot Bains
Daniel Roher fine-tunes the familiar tropes and beats of crime fiction to near-harmonious perfection.
