Werner Herzog teams up with scientist Clive Oppenheimer to explore the world’s volcanoes in Into the Inferno. Ten years ago, Werner Herzog met volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer while in Antarctica working on his doc Encounters at the End of the World. Together they reunite to explore active volcanoes around the world, particularly focusing on the mythology expressed by the […]

A delegation of scientists are kidnapped by a rogue businessman in Salt and Fire. A team of United Nation scientists, lead by Laura Somerfeld (Veronica Ferres) and Fabio Cavani (Gael García Bernal), travel to South America to investigate the severity of the Diablo Blanco salt flats. However, the delegation is kidnapped by men working for Matt Riley […]

Werner Herzog examines our increasingly technology dependent world in Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World. It is hard to remember a world without the Internet. First created at UCLA in 1969 as a means of connecting with distant computers, the Internet has become ingrained into every aspect of human society. Despite the many […]

“I Mean to Beat You to Death and Drink Your Blood From a Boot.” Jack Reacher is an adaptation of the book One Shot by Lee Child and stars Tom Cruise in the title role.  Since there are over a dozen Jack Reacher novels in publication, it can be assumed that this film is aiming […]

Werner Herzog is definitely one of the most unique directors around today.  In a career spanning nearly 40 years, he successfully managed to split between doing fictional films and documentaries. This film features the exploration of a cave, which was discovered in France in 1994, that featured the oldest cave paintings ever discovered, dating back […]

Werner Herzog explores the inner workings of the human mind in Theatre of Thought. How the mind works is still one of the greatest mysteries of science. Werner Herzog speaks to many scientists researching how thoughts are created and how they can be manipulated using technology. We have surpassed the point in the documentaries of […]

Werner Herzog teams up with scientist Clive Oppenheimer to explore the world’s volcanoes in Into the Inferno. Ten years ago, Werner Herzog met volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer while in Antarctica working on his doc Encounters at the End of the World. Together they reunite to explore active volcanoes around the world, particularly focusing on the mythology expressed by the […]

A delegation of scientists are kidnapped by a rogue businessman in Salt and Fire. A team of United Nation scientists, lead by Laura Somerfeld (Veronica Ferres) and Fabio Cavani (Gael García Bernal), travel to South America to investigate the severity of the Diablo Blanco salt flats. However, the delegation is kidnapped by men working for Matt Riley […]

Werner Herzog examines our increasingly technology dependent world in Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World. It is hard to remember a world without the Internet. First created at UCLA in 1969 as a means of connecting with distant computers, the Internet has become ingrained into every aspect of human society. Despite the many […]

This month I move away from silent horror and into the heyday of Universal Studio’s monster films, as I watched 1931’s Dracula. Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) is an ancient vampire from Transylvania, who travels to England with his lunatic slave Renfield (Dwight Frye) and moves into Carfax Abbey in London. The Abbey is next door to […]

It is time for me to kick off the 2015 edition of the Blindspot Series, where I will be doing a yearlong celebration of 40 years of the Toronto International Film Festival.  I begin with a selection from the very first Festival of Festivals from 1976.  There are many films I could have gone with […]

There’s still two entries left in my 2014 Blindspot series, but I couldn’t wait to announce my Blindspot line-up for 2015, which I decided upon months ago.  My second themed Blindspot series, I decided to make next year’s selection a yearlong celebration to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival next […]

“I Mean to Beat You to Death and Drink Your Blood From a Boot.” Jack Reacher is an adaptation of the book One Shot by Lee Child and stars Tom Cruise in the title role.  Since there are over a dozen Jack Reacher novels in publication, it can be assumed that this film is aiming […]

After taking a week-long hiatus for Toronto After Dark, The Story of Film: An Odyssey has returned with the latest batch of episodes. Episode 9: American Cinema of the 70sThis episode is all about the rise of New American Cinema and the changing face of Hollywood, with many new directors emerging with a knowledge of […]

I saw a whopping 25 films during the course of TIFF (26 if you count On the Road, which I saw at a pre-festival screening).  It’s definitely hard to write coverage for the festival when the bulk of your time is spent watching the movies. I managed to write roughly a dozen film reviews over […]

Werner Herzog on Stage My first day of TIFF11 considered of two back-to-back screening at the Ryerson Theatre (one of my favourite TIFF venues).  It didn’t have the glitz and glamour of the galas, but it was probably more enjoyable. Here are my thoughts on the films. Into the Abyss One news-making item of this […]

Werner Herzog is definitely one of the most unique directors around today.  In a career spanning nearly 40 years, he successfully managed to split between doing fictional films and documentaries. This film features the exploration of a cave, which was discovered in France in 1994, that featured the oldest cave paintings ever discovered, dating back […]