In my continuing series on the Short Cuts Canada Programmes, today we look at one of the most visually striking films in the series, Amanda Strong’s Indigo. Filmed entirely in stop-motion, … Continue reading TIFF 2014: Interview with Indigo’s Amanda Strong
Passing on the curse is a time-honoured horror tradition. Through an innocent act, the victim unwittingly brings a malevolent force down on themselves. The only chance for salvation is to … Continue reading It Follows: Heartfelt Horror Mines the Past for Something New
Sometimes a short film is its own thing. Sometimes it’s a calling card, a director’s notice that this great story could be even more as a feature. The Short Cuts … Continue reading TIFF 2014: Interview with Sleeping Giant’s Andrew Cividino
This is going to be an annual thing, right? As the Toronto International Film Festival gets up to full steam, they’ve declared that today, Friday, September 5th, is Bill Murray … Continue reading Our Man Bill: Celebrate Bill Murray Day With TIFF
Everyone loves a big canvas. Directors can hardly resist getting all that vision up there on screen, going crazy Coppola-style waxing operatic and napalming the jungle for their personal Apocalypse … Continue reading The Art of the Small: TIFF’s Shorts Cuts Canada
Well it’s here. And it’s big. Massive in fact. There’s over 300 films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, TIFF’s 39th kick at the burgeoning cinematic can. Hollywood might … Continue reading Here Comes the Flood: TIFF 2014 Unleashes a Torrent of Cinema
Has it been twenty years already? I was already familiar with Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed work through his monthly Sandman series, published by DC Comics. Of course, the brilliant artist Dave … Continue reading Duck And Weave Your Way To The Magical Mr. Punch On The Wednesday Run
Rejoice! FAN EXPO Canada is back, T-Dot (resident and visiting) peeps! What’s “T-Dot”, you ask? Well, that’s just me shouting out the glorious city of Toronto with my best urban … Continue reading FAN EXPO Canada 2014: An Event Agenda
A few weeks back I took a look at a great sequels program TIFF is running in Toronto: Second Coming: Cinema’s Greatest Sequels. And sure enough, like a Hollywood mogul … Continue reading Doubling Down 2: More of TIFF’s Best Sequels
It’s another Wednesday and that means another fascinating title released via Image Comics. I know, I know. This particular column has been dipping into the Image well quite a bit … Continue reading Don’t Get Lost Looking For Wayward #1 On The Wednesday Run
There’s really two schools of indie. That’s what you realize watching director Gabe Klinger’s Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013). The documentary is charming and laid-back, much like the … Continue reading Friendhood: Double Play hangs with James Benning and Richard Linklater
Look, the DC Universe is a complex thing. Despite the attempts of creative and quite brilliant writers, artists and editors to simplify a readers’ understanding of the various realities, superheroes … Continue reading Multiple Artists, Issues & Earths For The Multiversity #1 On The Wednesday Run
