The Fabelmans – TIFF 2022 Review Alysha Prasad October 3, 2022 Reviews Gabriel LaBelle in his lead breakout role takes on the challenge of playing Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring filmmaker based on Steven Spielberg, in the highly anticipated semi-autobiographical film, The Fabelmans,...
Wildlife – Review Stephanie Watts November 9, 2018 Reviews Paul Dano’s directorial debut comes in the form of Wildlife, a drama about a teenage boy who watches his parents’ marriage fall apart. The film reflects on the mess of relationships and takes parents off...
Wildlife – TIFF 2018 Review Stephanie Watts September 7, 2018 Reviews Paul Dano’s directorial debut comes in the form of Wildlife, a drama about a teenage boy who watches his parents’ marriage fall apart. The film reflects on the mess of relationships and takes parents off...
Okja – EIFF 2017 Review L D June 27, 2017 Reviews Pigs make for effective publicity stunts. While filmmakers, artists and activists have purposely exploited the porcine for its political worth, some politicians have found themselves at the centre of a media...
Swiss Army Man – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan October 3, 2016 Reviews Swiss Army Man is without a doubt an odd film, however it would be a mistake to write it off - as others have - for purely that reason. The oddest thing about it is that Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting...
Youth – Review Nick Evan-Cook January 31, 2016 Reviews Michael Caine's best work in years and a strong supporting cast isn't quite enough to lift the evocative, elegant yet slight Youth beyond the (admittedly absorbing) curio it is. If nothing else, the...
Spotlight: Paul Dano Nick Evan-Cook July 9, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight “FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!” - Dwayne Hoover, Little Miss Sunshine This was the first word many of us heard come out of actor Paul Dano’s mouth. It comes about halfway through 2006 indiewood hit...
A Love Letter To… Little Miss Sunshine Ellen Dwyer February 18, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Little Miss Sunshine is an emotional rollercoaster of a film which is as sweet and comic as it is serious and tragic. The film tells the story of the Hoover family driving from New Mexico to California for...
Love and Mercy – Berlinale 2015 Review Danielle Davenport February 17, 2015 Reviews Love and Mercy begins with promise but this is subsequently dismantled. The positives include wonderful orchestration and initially smooth linkage between the separate chronologies; they extend to the able...