As someone who is quite open to watching international cinema, I ended up rolling my eyes at the opening sentence of a Variety article announcing the US release of Watch …
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This Editorial Contains Some Spoilers for Emilia Pérez On October 30, 2024 I attended a morning press screening of Emilia Pérez in advance of its theatrical run at the TIFF …
If taken at face value, the opening weekend of the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival proceeded as it normally would. First-year president Marie Nelson would introduce the opening …
Many media outlets rush to release their year-end lists at the end of a given year. In the cinema sphere, this often includes releasing films of the “Top Ten Best …
I consider myself to be a film critic in the loosest sense of the word. My reviews rarely get more than a few hundred views and except for what I …
Welcome to the year 2022! In theory, this is supposed to be a big year for me, since I will be turning 40 in just a few months’ time. However, …
Today is supposed to be Canadian Thanksgiving, but we are also at the start of the so-called “Second Wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic, which will dampen many plans for families …
UPDATE (Mar 16, 9:30 PM): Since I originally wrote this editorial, Cineplex released a second statement saying that they were going to cease operations until at least April 2. When …
Steven Spielberg is not happy with the recent Oscar success of Netflix’s Roma and he wants to make sure that the Academy knows about. Spielberg is set to speak at …
UPDATE (Feb 12, 2019): Mere hours after this post went live, the Academy announced the four categories that would be presented during the commercial breaks, those being the ones for cinematography, film editing, …
Last week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made a number of announcements surrounding the future of the Oscars, in light of the fact that last year’s ceremony …
There has been a lot of talk lately about the rise and apparent fall of the cinema subscription service MoviePass, which has hyped itself by allowing subscribers to see unlimited …
I usually ignore the sponsored posts and advertisements that show up in my Facebook feed, however there was one a little over a week ago that caught my attention. It …
Over the weekend, IndieWire reported that Austin-area woman Jasmine Baker has spoken out about an alleged sexual assault that was committed against her by Ain’t It Cool News founder (and …
The day after TIFF is one I often feel very low on energy. After more than a week of seeing multiple films and getting minimal hours of sleep, the film …
It has been nearly thirteen years since I put pen to digital ink and started the film blog that you are reading now. In that time period, I have gone …
Over the past number of years, streaming and video on demand services, such as Netflix, iTunes, and Google Play, have become the dominant way that people watch movies and TV …