As TIFF winds down, I wanted to highlight some of the other films I've seen at the fest. You can check out our complete coverage here for most of the big ones, but I'll be gathering quick thoughts below and in more posts the next few days....
NEDS, an acronym for Non-Educated Delinquents is writer/director Peter Mullan’s follow up to his controversial 2003 film The Magdalene Sisters. Set in wor...
At this summer’s Flaherty Seminar I found myself in a debate regarding Fredrick Wiseman’s approach. A film scholar I was having lunch with attempted to conv...
The Pipe is a captivating documentary directed by former television news cameraman Roistered Ó Domhnaill. Working as a journalist he captures the little k...
In every major city in the world there are squares much like the one in José Luis Guerín's Guest. Like Union Square in New York City, Yonge-Dundas Square is...
Note: The following review contains spoilers that occur in the first act.
With his third feature, John Cameron Mitchell takes a departure from his oddity tri...
Max Winkler, known for his work on one of my favorite web series Clark and Michael, premiered his debut feature at TIFF this year. The comedy/drama Ceremony s...
Canadian filmmaker Jody Shapiro's (of Green Porno Internet fame) new documentary, How to Start Your Own Country, is a quirky, informative, and all-around ente...
There is nothing quite like low expectations, which is how one speculates Will Gluck’s directorial debut Fired Up was greenlit. With low expectations for turn...
