The script apparently was on the Blacklist at one time — a collection of the most admired unproduced screenplays in Hollywood ...
However, as a portrait of a corrupt, morally compromised society, it qualifies — I guess so does Russia through Zvyagintsev’s ...
Today Peter Farrelly would be best known for all the wildly popular comedy pictures he made with his brother back in the day ...
The trap snaps shut; host Chris Hansen confronts the man and films him, humiliating him for his illegal desires, and the cops ...
Another season of fascinating and diverse programming at the local independent cinema, where I’m one of the programmers, has come to a close. We go dark through September to celebrate the local ...
On the Friday before the Labour Day long weekend I put together a list of great Canadian movies available for free on CBC Gem, Kanopy, and YouTube that deserve to be discovered by all Canadian ...
On Monday morning I called into CBC Information Morning to discuss what I’d seen here at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend. I focussed on three films I thought were some of the ...
The first day of the Toronto International Film Festival was a brutal one for a couple of reasons — I’ll spare you the painful details of a scheduling mishap, of not getting access to many of the ...
I’m covering my fifth edition of the Toronto International Film Festival — sixth if you count the virtual experience back in 2020 — for FITI and for the CBC in Nova Scotia. I’ll be on Information ...
Being Heumann | Directed by Sian Heder | 127 min | The filmmaker who surprised many with a Best Picture win for her last effort, CODA, is back with an message movie based on the true story of ...
Wednesday was my final day at the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s been a blast. While there’ve been scheduling and organizational ups and downs — the details of which may deserve their own ...
Directed by Anthony Maras | Written by Maras and David Haig, based on Haig’s stage play | 100 min | | For rent on VOD The D-Day invasion by Allied troops on June 6, 1944, is a historical event that ...