by Canfield, February 9, 2010 3:48 PM
This was a first time viewing for me. Firstly, if like me, you've avoided Boogie because of the subject matter you should know this, it is indeed strong stuff. But, it is R rated not NC-17 and it is also...
by Kurt Halfyard, February 9, 2010 3:34 PM
Back when Pontypool was tearing up the festival circuit in late 2008, I managed to have a couple hour sit-down with director Bruce McDonald that started in his office and carried over into the bar across the street. While...
by Todd Brown, February 8, 2010 1:16 AM
Mark my words: If Pang Ho-Cheung's 'strangers falling in love in a smoking pit' rom-com Love In A Puff ends with the leads quitting smoking because they've found each other it's going to spark a bidding war for remake...
by Michael Guillen, February 7, 2010 11:27 AM
Who hasn't heard about the meteoric rise to notoriety of Xavier Dolan, the Québécois teenager whose first feature film J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother, 2009) received--not only an eight-minute standing ovation at the 2009 Cannes Film...
More >>
by Michael Guillen, February 7, 2010 9:12 AM
[Our thanks to Peter Galvin for offering his review to the Twitch readership.] From Paris With Love concerns the forced pairing of a straight-laced ambassador's aide (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) with a wildcard secret agent (John Travolta) as they strong-arm...
More >>
by Al Young, February 5, 2010 12:38 PM
As a Canadian myself, I feel a certain degree of obligation to show some love and support for our fellow filmmakers north of the border because the sad truth of the matter is our film industry is getting their ass...
by Todd Brown, February 5, 2010 12:27 PM
In a word, icky. It's a buddy comedy with zero chemistry between the buddies in which one is saddled with an unconvincing accent and distracted John Waters moustache and nothing particularly interesting to do while the other overacts wildly...
by Andrew Mack, February 4, 2010 8:20 PM
During the Halloween weekend last Fall I was taking the subway home when a gaggle of young females came onto our car. Displaying their immense cleverness and creativity their costumes for whichever party was going on in whatever part...
More >>
by Michael Guillen, February 4, 2010 6:45 PM
Along with The Over the Hill Band and Altiplano, the third Belgian feature I caught at PSIFF10 was Felix Van Groeningen's The Misfortunates (2009), Belgium's official submission to the Academy Awards® foreign language category. Though it did not make...
More >>
by Todd Brown, February 3, 2010 10:53 PM
Pang Ho-Cheung's much-delayed slasher picture Dream Home dropped its first teaser earlier today and also turning up is new artwork for the freshly completed romantic-comedy that Pang turned out while his trip to slasher-ville was stalled out by internal...
What Time is it There?
Recent Comments