‘80s sci-fi returns in Computer Chess
Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess brings ’80s computer nerds into arthouse cinema.
Re-enacting murder on screen
The Act of Killing explores the murder of Indonesian citizens through the killers’ reenactments of their crimes based on their favourite Hollywood genres.
The grim reality of marine performance
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish explores the dirty secrets of the marine performance industry.
The films you should see at Fantasia
Our highlights of the annual genre -film extravaganza.
“Drive” team gets stalled in neutral
Only God Forgives reunites Drive team (writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling), but the results are meh.
The greatest band to never make it big
Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori’s film Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me explores Big Star’s career and influence, as well as their failed commercial success.
Like HBO’s Girls… but better
Noah Baumbach gets in touch with a more light-hearted side with Frances Ha.
Bittersweet nostalgia Before Midnight
With Richard Linklater’s latest Before Midnight, we get to revisit Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) for the third installment of this film project.
The themed cuisine of Bethlehem XXX
Cult MTL checks up on culinary gad-about-town Beaver Sheppard’s latest venture, Little Italy’s Bethlehem XXX.
Michael Shannon Remains Awesome (Surprising No One)
Ariel Vromen’s mob movie The Iceman and Jeff Nichols’ Mud open this Friday.