Note: This review is re-published from NYAFF earlier this year and the film is showing at TIFF this week.
Over the past week I have seen some excellent films...
In writer/director Guy Moshe's Bunraku, a silent stranger rides into a lawless town on a rickety train. Let's call this cowboy The Drifter (Josh Hartnett). He...
It's the reason I go to film festivals. I could anticipate loving Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan or Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, but it is a special moment when you discover a gem. Richard Ayoade's Submarine is just that....
Let Me In is a difficult film to review. I love director Matt Reeves, Cloverfield being right next to Let The Right One In as one of my favorite films of 2008...
Our superheroes are changing. Last time we saw Superman, he was lamer than ever. Spider-Man is about to use a mulligan. Now The Dark Knight gets bruises. The...
Last night I went to my first Midnight Madness this year at Toronto International Film Festival. For those that aren't familiar, it is usually reserved for th...
From one of the hottest scripts in Hollywood, Dan Rush's Everything Must Go, recently premiered here at TIFF. Based on Raymond Carver's short story Why Don't ...
After the abominably banal Oscar-bait that was last year's Invictus, I was ready for Clint Eastwood to attempt something new. Enter Hereafter, a supernatura...
Robert Redford's The Conspirator tells a story I never knew about. It's also a story that makes for a tedious, only mildly interesting film. Shot like a Histo...
