Mississippi Grind is a new film starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn, but it feels like it should already be celebrating its 40th anniversary. With all the trademarks of Hollywood cinema from the ’70s, directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck…
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TIFF Report #3 (Anomalisa, The Assassin, Maggie’s Plan)
Because of malnutrition, dehydration, sleep deprivation, poor hygiene but most influentially seeing way, way too many movies, I have been diagnosed with festival fog. Feeling as though there is an inescapable haze over your memory and intellect, everything melds together…
TYF Picks: Best Films of the Decade (So Far…)
I have an epic scaled argument in me (that plenty have heard bits and pieces of already) ready to be lobbed at any and all whom deem modern cinema to be any lesser than the classics. Halfway through the 2010’s…
Why You Should Be Paying Attention to Xavier Dolan
This may come as little surprise to you, considering the title of the article, but Xavier Dolan is one of my favorite directors. He’s imaginative and passionate about his characters, and he tells emotional stories unburdened from cynicism; his films…
Accepted Missions: A Look Back at ‘Mission: Impossible’
It’s easy to note that when an old TV show gets turned into a movie, it’s pretty bad. But every once in a while, you get a surprisingly good time. Some are funny (21 Jump Street, The Naked Gun), others are action-packed…
Here Come the Griswolds!
If you haven’t taken a vacation this summer, all you have to do is head to the theater and take a trip with the Griswolds in the new Vacation. We see Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) surprise his wife Debbie (Christina…