Kasia Roslaniec is unforgiving. The young Polish director has made two films to date, both of which have played at the Toronto International Film Festival, challenging and unnerving audiences, especially with her latest insight into youth culture, Baby Blues. A response to the realization that a growing number of young people around Europe and North American desiring of being pregnant and having c
In his return to Mississippi, where he campaigned for civil rights in the 1960’s and captured the first racially integrated senior prom in one small town, Canadian documentarian Paul Saltzman reveals the most compelling of …
The anticipation of polarized reactions, an embrace of the grotesque and a first-day shoot that called for him to be urinated on did not seem to faze Zac Efron as the young star matures and …
Raw, uncomfortable, and so far undeniably divisive, Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy is deeply personal and unapologetic—exactly how Daniels wants it. A film less about the story and more about flawed, honest, and secretive characters in …
The wonder of the Toronto International Film Festival is the tremendous exposure the North American crowd has to foreign cinema, and the ability of overseas filmmakers to have a venue for their work. An Irish …
Sarah Polley follows up the acclaimed Take This Waltz with another earnest, emotional, and challenging film in Stories We Tell, a documentary about her family. Well, it’s about much more than that. The tricky thing …
Frost As the title suggests, this short, set in the frozen tundra of desolate Canada, is filled with a chilling palette of whites, blues, and grays. More eerie, however, is the landscape. A young, female …
In a world, where cinema seeks to promote the future as a series complex, regulated, and rapid interactions, one film says no, the future is simple. And in that world, one man takes care of …
David Ayer is the George Romero of LAPD films. Romero has built an impressive cinematic career with the traditional zombie as his focus. The words ‘of the Dead,’ or ‘of the Living Dead,” appear in …
When he hears a crash in his apartment, Georges seems to know exactly what is going on. He gets up and rushes to the other room, which in his old age is more a slow …
It is commonly accepted that if you’re sober and around those who are heavenly intoxicated, things may not be as funny and likely not entertaining. It would be laughing at, rather than laughing with, and …
