Boy do we have it good. For sure, every place, every culture has its struggles, its persecuted communities, its tensions between wealth and poverty and how to mitigate the differences … Continue reading The Cost of Courage: Human Rights Watch Festival 2014
Toronto’s ECW Press is experimenting with short-form digital and print nonfiction with its new series of “pocket pop.” In April, ECW will release the first two books in a “Pop … Continue reading Publishers Weekly on the New ECW Press Series
Growing up is heady, tumultuous, confusing, and exhilarating. It’s a time of tremendous discovery, spongeing up experience to see what works, what doesn’t, and what bits might best fit the … Continue reading Underdogtown: TIFF’s Next Wave Festival
With the Robocop reboot about to kick down the doors, it’s time for a retrospective of Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch provocateur responsible for the original and a handful of other … Continue reading Agent Provocateur: The Films of Paul Verhoeven
A hard-hitting, harrowing and realistic portrayal of a young brother and sister suffering the ravages of Japan’s losing World War II ordeal. A film that Roger Ebert calls one of … Continue reading This Cartoon Is Trying To Break Your Heart: Grave of the Fireflies
With Inside Llewyn Davis hitting theatres this month, the cineasts at TIFF found time to roll out a retrospective of some of the best flicks in the Coen brothers canon. From … Continue reading A World of Pain: Tall Tales from the Coen Brothers
Quick, name another physicist that’s been on The Simpsons. They’ve had a Nobel prize-winning chemist (Dudley Herschbach), and a renowned paleontologist (Stephen Jay Gould). But in the public mind one … Continue reading A Brief History of Steven Hawking
Last week I wrote about TIFF’s wide-ranging retrospective From Within: The Films of David Cronenberg. It’s a superb series showcasing all of his films, with several special screenings featuring talks … Continue reading Flesh Under Glass: The David Cronenberg: Evolution Exhibition
He’s been called the King of Venereal Horror, the Baron of Blood, a chilly, analytical formalist with a fascination for the grotesque. He’s synonymous with the genre of body horror, … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror 2013: David Cronenberg, Comedian
Nicolas Winding Refn was already moderately well known before Drive tore onto the scene in 2011. His Pusher trilogy had earned him notoriety, and Bronson and Valhalla Rising cemented his reputation for visionary … Continue reading Bad Fellas: Focus on Nicolas Winding Refn
A woman walks naked through the streets, wearing only high heels, blood on her legs. Somewhere, perhaps nearby, police load a body in a bag into an ambulance. Or perhaps … Continue reading Presence: The Films of Claire Denis
As you likely know, Biff Bam Pop is based out of Toronto, Canada (though we’re proud to say our friends and colleagues Glenn Walker, Lucas Mangum, Marie Gilbert and Emily … Continue reading 31 Days Of Horror 2013 – Horror At The TIFF Bell Lightbox
