By John Corrado The fifth annual Toronto Irish Film Festival is happening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this weekend, showcasing a solid lineup of four narrative films that all range from good to great.  Things kick off this evening with the Toronto premiere of Standby, which will have lead actor Brian Gleeson in attendance for a Q&A.… Read More A Preview of the Toronto Irish Film Festival

By John Corrado The Great Digital Film Festival is returning to Cineplex theatres tomorrow, and the annual celebration of fan favourites boasts a promising lineup of past blockbusters and genre classics, that will be playing at select locations over the next week.  There are a lot of highlights this year. The 2015 edition is notable… Read More The 2015 Great Digital Film Festival

By John Corrado We have now officially reached the end of TIFF, with The Imitation Game winning the Grolsch People’s Choice Award, further cementing the film as a surefire Oscar contender. Although I’m not going to miss the crowds and running between venues that have been such a big part of this past week, I am going… Read More Final #TIFF14 Reviews: The Crow’s Egg, Big Game, Men, Women & Children, 99 Homes and Haemoo

By John Corrado We have reached the final weekend of TIFF, which always seems to happen just as soon as I start finding my stride. I saw four movies yesterday at Princess of Wales, starting with a double bill of The Good Lie and Wild, both featuring Reese Witherspoon. The night culminated with me finally seeing St. Vincent.… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: St. Vincent, The Good Lie, Wild and Before We Go

By John Corrado We are now exactly a week into TIFF, but in some ways it feels like I’m just getting into the swing of things. I mean, I saw a double bill of Infinitely Polar Bear and Love & Mercy today with barely five minutes in between them, which seems like a pretty genuine film festival experience,… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: Love & Mercy, Infinitely Polar Bear and The Guest

By John Corrado Ethan Hawke gives a solid performance in Good Kill, and does impressive work behind the camera on the documentary Seymour: An Introduction, both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. They are also two of the four movies that I’m profiling today. Ethan Hawke and Seymour Bernstein came on stage… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: Out of Nature, Good Kill, Seymour: An Introduction and ’71

By John Corrado We have made it through the first weekend of TIFF, which means that now we can get to some of the films that have already played other festivals, including Sundance award winner Whiplash and Telluride standout The Imitation Game. These are just two of the three movies that I’m profiling this time around. The third… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: The Theory of Everything, Whiplash and The Imitation Game

By John Corrado There is an interesting serendipity to the fact that my reviews of While We’re Young and My Old Lady have ended up on the same day. These two films that both premiered this weekend at TIFF couldn’t be more different, but their titles contrast and compliment each other quite nicely. Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young was… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: While We’re Young and My Old Lady

By John Corrado I’ve been waiting two weeks to tell everyone about Nightcrawler, and now that the first weekend of TIFF is upon us and the embargo has lifted after Friday night’s world premiere, I can finally tell you that the film is an absolute stunner. And then there’s the glorious Pride, which is already on my… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: Nightcrawler and Pride

By John Corrado The 39th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival starts tonight with the world premiere of David Dobkin’s legal drama The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. The film kicks off eleven days of movies that will be playing in the city, including the usual juxtaposition between some of the biggest… Read More #TIFF14 Reviews: The Price We Pay, In Her Place, The Valley Below, We Were Wolves

By John Corrado A showcase for the best of LGBT cinema, the 24th edition of Inside Out launches tonight with the Canadian premiere of the beautiful Brazilian romance The Way He Looks, fresh off of winning the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival. Throughout the next eleven days, Inside Out will… Read More Previewing the Inside Out Film Festival

By John Corrado The 21st edition of Hot Docs has come to a close, with The Backward Class taking home the Audience Award, followed by Meet the Patels and The Case Against 8.  As always, I saw lots of great stuff and there were plenty of memorable experiences over the eleven days. Everything started about… Read More #HotDocs14: The Best of the Fest

By John Corrado After eleven days of documentaries, we are finally at the last day of Hot Docs and with that comes my latest batch of capsule reviews, bringing my final count up to a whopping 48. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Marinoni, Guidelines and Bronx Obama.  Here are my reviews of the three… Read More #HotDocs14: Final Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado We have just finished the second last day of Hot Docs, and here is my tenth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of Focus on Infinity, The Boy From Geita and Songs for Alexis.  Below are my thoughts on three more films that I had the pleasure of seeing today,… Read More #HotDocs14: Tenth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado We have reached the final weekend of Hot Docs, and with that comes my ninth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on the newly minted winner of the award for Best Canadian Feature Out of Mind, Out of Sight, along with I’ve Seen the Unicorn, Rich Hill and The… Read More #HotDocs14: Ninth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we find ourselves exactly a week into Hot Docs, it’s time for my eighth batch of capsule reviews. Last time I put up reviews of 112 Weddings, The Immortalists, Meet the Patels and Sleepless in New York.  Below are my thoughts on another four films, including two that deal with issues… Read More #HotDocs14: Eighth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we are nearly a week into the documentary film festival, welcome to my seventh batch of Hot Docs capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of The Case Against 8, Mad As Hell, Art and Craft and Advanced Style.  Here are my thoughts on four more films, including three good ones that… Read More #HotDocs14: Seventh Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we reach the halfway point of Hot Docs, welcome to my sixth batch of capsule reviews.  Hopefully you’ve been following along over the past five days, and I will continue to write up everything I’ve been seeing. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Mugshot, Hotline, Before the Last Curtain Falls, Super… Read More #HotDocs14: Sixth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we come down from the first weekend of Hot Docs, welcome to my latest batch of capsule reviews, to help launch us into the final week of the festival. Yesterday I published reviews of Mission Blue, To Be Takei, The Creator of the Jungle, The Special Need and A Different Kind… Read More #HotDocs14: Fifth Batch of Reviews