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[TIFF Review] All Is By My Side

On paper, a biopic of Jimi Hendrix without the rights to his music seems like a complete waste of time. Even with John Ridley's All Is by My Side detailing the ...

[TIFF Review] Abuse of Weakness

The draw of Catherine Breillat's newest, autobiographical film, Abuse of Weakness (known as Abus de faiblesse in its native tongue), is ultimately to watch how ...

[TIFF Review] Asphalt Watches

I'm not one to condone illicit drug use, but you might want to take something if it's available before sitting down to watch Asphalt Watches, since its animated...

[TIFF Review] 12 Years a Slave

As the end credits rolled during TIFF's first press and industry screening of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, a peculiar thing occurred: very few people moved...

[TIFF Review] Dallas Buyers Club

How do you stretch having thirty days left to live into seven years? You put in the work. Ron Woodroff (Matthew McConaughey) didn’t journey towards opening up t...

[TIFF Review] Gravity

Back in the '90s, at the advent of IMAX technology, certain amusement parks would have a screen with some "experience" putting you "into the action." Enter the ...

[Venice Review] Sacro GRA

Set around the edges of the Grande Raccordo Annulare (the "GRA" of the film's title), Italy's most extensive urban highway, documentarian Gianfranco Rosi observ...

[TIFF Review] 1982

Tommy Oliver’s tender, personal 1982 is a strong debut feature. Starring Hill Harper as Tim Brown, a hardworking family man, he's mostly hard at work launching ...

[TIFF Review] REAL

Billowing curtains, industrial decay, skylines shot in the bright of day that still manage to be ominous -- all the visual trademarks of celebrated genre direct...