Mixing Up The Formula: Critical Inconsistencies

February 23, 2015

As Peter Howell notes, critics moan that movie sequels too often just repeat the formula that made earlier film(s) successful. Yet they also carp when they don’t repeat the formula.

Good Men, Good Women: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien

January 29, 2015

Adam Nayman revisits the formal rigor and verisimilitude of acclaimed Asian auteur Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Interview: Denis Villeneuve

January 19, 2015

Jason Gorber speaks to Denis Villeneuve about his third Best Canadian Film Award win for “Enemy.”

Interview: Clyde Gilmour designate Randall Okita

January 9, 2015

Thom Ernst speaks with Randall Okita, Piers Handling’s Clyde Gilmour designate.

Interview: Student Film Award winner Eui Yong Zong

January 7, 2015

Adam Nayman interviews Eui Yong Zong, winner of the 2014 Manulife Financial Student Film Award.

The TFCA names Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy” the Best Canadian Film of the Year

January 6, 2015

Enemy has won the TFCA’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.

And The Winners Are…

December 15, 2014

Click to see the full list of the 2014 TFCA Awards, including Best Film of the Year, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Piers Handling – Recipient, 2014 Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award

November 27, 2014

The Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award is given annually to a Canadian whose work has enriched the understanding and appreciation of film.

May The Schwartz Be With You: When Parody Outstrips Its Source

“Grow up,” you might say, to someone defending Spaceballs. But Adam Nayman argues that’s exactly what that film helped him do

Veterans of their Crafts: Brian Johnson and David Cronenberg

November 21, 2014

Brian Johnson, a writer/novelist-turned-director, chats with David Cronenberg, a director-turned-novelist.