“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuse...
There's no better title for Hong Khaou's feature debut than the one given: Lilting. It describes the pacing and aesthetic as guilt and grief intertwine with mem...
Icelandic musician Björk has always been somewhat uncategorizable with a career that's uniquely evolved to the beat of her own electronic drum. There was the in...
After all the talk from last year's TIFF centered around the eventually Oscar-winning Best Picture 12 Years a Slave, you can't blame yourself if you forgot ...
I must have been nineteen or twenty when I was first introduced to Nick Cave's music. As a college kid trying to broaden my horizons cinematically with "classic...
Sudanese director Hajooj Kuka's documentary Beats of the Antonov is smartly constructed in a way that eases us into the political message and hope for peace lyi...
This Is Where I Leave You is Franny and Zooey meets The Big Chill. Before one starts throwing accusations of hyperbole, hold on a second and let me explain. Jon...
Writer/director David Oelhoffen has a special film on his hands because it's powerful tale begs audience members to learn more about the subject. I'm not talkin...
I’ll bet Laura Wade’s 2010 play Posh is something special to see on stage. A fictionalized take on Oxford University’s exclusive Bullingdon Club, it’s debaucher...
No one is ever going to say Ross Katz's Adult Beginners is original. The opening implosion for Jake's (Nick Kroll) multi-million dollar investment project was d...
