Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Toronto: land of prestige films, poutine, and Oscar buzz. At least, that’s what happens every September during the Toronto International Film Festival (poutine is, of…

It happens at every film festival, and this year’s Toronto International Film Festival is no different – a string of titles are announced that sound…

Pleated skirts and revenge! Jungle protests and secret societies! Whatever Rigor Mortis is! These are some of the brutal delights that programmer Colin Geddes has…

The bad thing about The Exorcist is that it has been so influential that we’re coming up on 40 years since its release and still…

by Andrew Robinson Film, like any art at its core, can be like philosophy in its pursuit of things not easily quantified. With Cloud Atlas it’s…

by Andrew Robinson Lee Kang-do (Lee Jung-jin) is a collector for a loan shark. He cripples his non-paying clients in order to collect the insurance money.…

by Andrew Robinson If you’ve watched a movie about love, marriage, the environment and religion all wrapped up together with only enough dialogue to fill a…

by Andrew Robinson What can one truly say about Shakespeare? He’s a writer whose work has survived centuries of history, and his stories are still being…

In a word – no. Over the weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up and, like the end of all good things, the festival…