[TIFF Review] How to Start Your Own Country

Canadian filmmaker Jody Shapiro's (of Green Porno Internet fame) new documentary, How to Start Your Own Country, is a quirky, informative, and all-around ente...

[TIFF Review] Armadillo

Danish filmmaker Janus Metz's Afghanistan war documentary, Armadillo, had its North American premiere on Septermber 11....

Gary Ross Wins 'Hunger Games'

Last week I reported Lionsgate would announce their choice of director for the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games late this week. Ahead of sc...

[TIFF Review] Easy A

There is nothing quite like low expectations, which is how one speculates Will Gluck’s directorial debut Fired Up was greenlit. With low expectations for turn...

[TIFF Review] Jack Goes Boating

Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating, is a simple story elegantly told....

Hirschbiegel To Trip On Mushrooms With 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Oliver Hirschbiegel, the Oscar-nominated director of Downfall has set up a new project, the thriller The Dark Side of the Moon....

[TIFF Review] Confessions

Note: This review is re-published from NYAFF earlier this year and the film is showing at TIFF this week. Over the past week I have seen some excellent films...

'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance' Gets A Plot

This is for you, 13-year-old boy who enjoyed the original/25-year-old fanboy still clinging to belief in the source material....

'Monsters' Unite With Bekmambetov For Sci-Fi Film

Monsters, the low-budget sci-fi film from Gareth Edwards, has been continually gaining buzz in its festival circuit run. I hope to catch here in Toronto befor...

[TIFF Review] Bunraku

In writer/director Guy Moshe's Bunraku, a silent stranger rides into a lawless town on a rickety train. Let's call this cowboy The Drifter (Josh Hartnett). He...