Film Reviews

Tolkien-geeks of the world rejoice! I bear good tidings: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” rocks! Let it be known that the reviewer is allowed to say “Tolkien-geek” because he ...

There are always more prospective players in the NBA draft than available roster spots. Most have some sort ...

New York’s Greenwich Village. It’s the '60s. The folksinging era.  The titular protagonist, Llewyn Davis (the somewhat scruffy ...

At least the Irish nuns of Roscrea convent are not cannibals, but that is about all they have ...

Little known fact: the mountain people (the politically correct term for “hillbillies”) who live in the Ramapo mountains ...

Shaul Schwarz observes the state of Mexican drug trafficking culture and the violence it celebrates in “Narco Cultura.”

The same director who scored big with the brilliant “Sideways” fumbles with “Nebraska.” Yes, there’s been Oscar talk ...

In the animal rescue documentary “Lion Ark,” Animal Defenders International (ADI) walks the audience through the hidden world ...

Writers write, that’s what they do. Jep Gambardella still qualifies, just barely.  After the publication of his acclaimed ...

Ilya Kabakov does not really care how many millions of people Stalin murdered—more relevant to him is the ...

Called up to the blackboard of her new school, and ordered to write her name, little Liesel chalks ...

Richard Curtis has directed a number of classic British chick flicks like “Love Actually,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and ...

Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline. Wow! What a cast of heavy-hitters, eh? Legends all. How ...

A man from humble roots, Abdul Sattar Edhi is not just Pakistan’s greatest philanthropist and humanitarian, he is ...

12 Years A Slave is arguably one of the most important pieces of cinema released during the modern era. ...

It was always improbable that Saving Mr Banks would peer into the darker recesses of the Magic Kingdom, especially when ...

Set in Cairo, Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim’s documentary “The Square” film depicts the downfall of ...

“The Counselor” will hold your attention for sure. It’s got great filmmaker Ridley Scott helming, lots of big ...

Framed with a close-up of Oscar Isaac singing “hang me, oh hang me”, effortlessly soulful and with a ...

The Descendants director Alexander Payne once again has his eye in when it comes to delicately told parables of ...

Kill Your Darlings is a second stab in as many years to try and capture the unique essence of ...

Whilst on a solo mission traversing the Indian Ocean, a journey unburdened with backstory, exposition, or even a ...

Paul Greengrass returns to his familiar shaky-cam real world playground to tell a story that is becoming commonplace ...

Even with the sombre, must-see melancholia hanging over the release of James Gandolfini’s final feature, Enough Said does enough to ...

TORONTO—"We Are The Best!" is the earnest, mischievous, and delightful story of three young girls who build an ...

"Hateship Loveship" is a tale of awkward and unlikely love, redemption and hope—the unexpected by-products of a cruel ...

TORONTO—TIFF has no shortage of insightful films that give audiences an opportunity to think and explore ideas, told ...