Brian Roan

The Film Stage Show Ep. 120 – Nightcrawler

This week we discuss Dan Gilroy's directorial Nightcrawler, which follows Jake Gyllenhaal's Lou Bloom as a determined loner who rises in the ranks of Los Angeles crime "journalism." ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 116 – A Walk Among the Tombstones

This week, writer Danny King, and I are joined by Jordan Raup to have a discussion on a batch of recent films we've watched, including The Drop, Tusk, God Help the Girl and The One I Love, before jumping into a feature review of Scott Frank's Liam Neeson-led A Walk Among the Tombstones. ...

[TIFF Review] Alive

The trend towards the narrative of the victim in cinema has hit critical mass lately, with all manner of films delving into stories of people who are abused and...

[TIFF Review] Magical Girl

We open on a scene that seems ordinary enough. A school teacher (Jose Sacristan) is giving a lecture on the unerring and immutable importance and longevity of t...

[TIFF Review] Confession

When someone says that they will do their best, the expression is meant as a kind of assurance. No matter what, it seems to say, you can rest easy knowing that ...

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