Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke walked the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall for the TIFF premiere of their film Raymond & Ray, in which they play long-estranged half-brothers who reunite to bury their father. By all accounts, director Rodrigo…
Typically, the two basic approaches to obesity in cinema are to regard it as tragic or comic. In director Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, he has somehow avoided both. And unfortunately, therein lays its fatal flaw. Here’s a movie with the…
Legendary director Steven Spielberg along with his cast, including Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Paul Dano, walked the red carpet ahead of the The Fabelmans world premiere during TIFF 2022. The coming-of-age picture tells the story of a young man…
One of the most interesting aspects about Holy Spider is the film’s atypical construction, which amplifies suspense even while simultaneously revealing everything one would want to know. It’s a thriller based on inspired true events in the early 2000s –…
Who was David Bowie? Glam rock star? Prophetic philosopher? World traveller? Painter? A south London lad who never looked back? Director Brett Morgen’s captivating new documentary, named Moonage Daydream, aims its sights on those questions with a multi-faceted deep-dive on…
Is there a modern band more synonymous with the state of California than the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Now a few months into their massive Unlimited Love stadium tour of Europe and North America, the funk rock legends pulled into Toronto’s…
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is one of the tightest live bands around. Following an almost 2 year wait, the Melbourne quintet finally made their way back to Toronto, delivering a melodic setlist of jangling, effervescent rock and roll. Kicking things…
When it comes to crafting mystery with smart hooks, look no further than Welsh-born Cate Le Bon. Now six albums into her career, she belongs to an idiosyncratic group of pop alchemists, strong on visuals with a knack for infectious,…