Features archive

Staging Ambiguity: A Conversation with Olivier Assayas

April 9, 2015

José Teodoro sat down with Clouds of Sils Maria director Olivier Assayas to talk of theatre and film, of Ingmar Bergman, and of Juliette Binoche and acting. (Minor spoilers ahead.)

On The Right Track: David Robert Mitchell’s “It Follows”

March 26, 2015

As Adam Nayman writes, there’s another meaning to It Follows – in just his second feature, Mitchell is chasing the greats.

Festival Diary: the 15th Kingston Canadian Film Festival

March 9, 2015

Thom Ernst reflects on the 15th Kingston Canadian Film Festival, which saw a 21% attendance increase from 2014.

Pros at Cons

February 27, 2015

Adam Nayman writes about the frustrating industrial paradox of con man movies: they’re predicated on misdirection, but movie marketing can’t be elliptical or evasive.

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.