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TIFF 2018: Teen Spirit

TIFF 2018: Teen Spirit

Max Minghella's first feature film, Teen Spirit, has two really good music videos -- and some confused ideas about mentorship.

‘The Standoff at Sparrow Creek’ Is a Tense, Mean Little Film with Something to Prove

‘The Standoff at Sparrow Creek’ Is a Tense, Mean Little Film with Something to Prove

Despite a premise that feels ripped from today's headlines, the debut film from writer-director Henry Dunham works as both a tense reflection on these times of gun violence and an effective study of something far more timeless.

TIFF 2017: mother!

TIFF 2017: mother!

While Aronofsky’s artistry is at an all-time-low, it's his misogyny that makes this film abhorrent.
TIFF 2017: ‘Never Steady, Never Still’

TIFF 2017: ‘Never Steady, Never Still’

The troubled characters in this film deserve a more complex, nuanced approach.
Virtual Reality and Storytelling: What Happens When Art and Technology Collide?

Virtual Reality and Storytelling: What Happens When Art and Technology Collide?

Virtual reality is changing the face of entertainment, and I can see a future when I will find myself inside VR listening to some psych-rock while meditating on an asteroid.

TIFF 2012: ‘Midnight’s Children’ + ‘The Central Park Five’ + ‘The Sessions’