Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is charming. That’s not a description you expect to see for a Tarantino movie. Well, yo…
Men in Black goes ‘International’ with slicker suits and less personality
Men in Black: International is probably most interesting as an example of how films have changed. It’s the same movie…
The Souvenir is an uncompromising vision from Joanna Hogg
The Souvenir is good, very good, in a way that means that many will not like it. It is meticulous, in vision and pre…
All is True is a charmingly quiet take on Shakespeare
All is True is a small film in the best sense. Its locations are few, its cast list is short, and its focus—William S…
The White Crow delivers where it counts
Early in The White Crow, I started to worry that it was the type of movie that wouldn’t let you see dancers in motion…
Vancouver Badass, Day Three: The Hollow Child and Knuckleball offer up Canadian badass
The VBAFF is in some ways destined for throwback material. “Badass” as a concept is both fraught and indeterminate in…
Vancouver Badass, Day Two: A Mata Negra and Amazon Hot Box in a double feature from the Darkside
VBAFF’s second day offered up two features from Darkside Releasing: Brazilian black-magic-and-blood-splatter fantasy …
Vancouver Badass, Day One: Polterheist, Perfect Skin, and a séance!
There are lots of ways you can take the word “badass.” The Vancouver Badass Film Festival, now in its fifth year, see…
Twenty Years of Crazy8s, and Vancouver’s Not Slowing Down
Despite the two-decade milestone, Saturday night’s screening at The Centre on Homer Street wasn’t a major departure f…
The Matchmaker offers a few inspired moments of slapstick and some surprises
The Arts Club production of Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker is a nostalgia piece, but at least it’s nostalgic for so…
Little Dickens, Big Laughs
It feels like a bit of a put-on when Ronnie Burkett misses a beat, glances left, right, left, and finally, with a tha…
The Newest Creed is II Much of a Good Thing
Creed II hits all the right notes, and then just keeps hitting, and hitting, and hitting. How does this movie have th…
