The Look of Silence
Fascinating, engrossing but disturbing documentary dealing with responsibility for the 1965 Indonesian genocide in which…
Straight Outta Compton
Fictionalized account of the birth of popular (gangsta) rap and the rise and fall of…
Cartel Land
Hard-hitting documentary on the destruction caused by the drug cartels that straddle the US –…
Amy
I didn’t know much about singer Amy Winehouse prior to seeing this fascinating and sad…
Trainwreck
Before seeing this movie my exposure to the comedienne/actress Amy Schumer was quite limited. But…
Best of Enemies
American conservative William F. Buckley was up against leftist public intellectual Gore Vidal on ABC…
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
What is there to complain about: Tom Cruise looking like he is having the time of…
Infinitely Polar Bear
Mark Ruffalo makes this film work as he plays a bi-polar dad struggling to keep…
Terminator Genisys
Does it really matter what I say? If you’ve seen, at the least, the original…
Irrational Man
For me, Woody Allen’s films in the last number of years have been much more…
The Tribe
One of the bleakest but most unique films I’ve ever seen, this story of power…
Big Game
Yes, the plot is absolutely far-fetched. – Samuel L. Jackson, playing the president of the…
A Hard Day
A decent cops-on-the-take story from South Korea that has no heroes, lots of villains, plenty…
The Gift
An effective story of suspense that builds slowly but effectively to reveal the real selves…
Ricki and the Flash
Meryl Streep can do just about everything, so if the film had stuck mostly to…
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Part of Swedish director Roy Andersson’ trilogy on the theme of being a human being,…
Guidance
Great premise – out of work actor pretends to be a guidance counsellor, gets a…
Diamond Tongues
A low-budget darkly humorous tale of a young Toronto actress whose bitterness towards those who…