In adapting Square Enix’s revisionist take on the iconic video game character Lara Croft, director Roar Uthaug finds himself in a strange position. He carries an obvious love for the material, painsta…
TIFF Review: Euphoria
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. The English-language debut of Sweden’s Lisa Langseth and her third collaboration with actress Alicia Vikander, their latest outing together suffers f…
Interview: Director/Writer Ben Wheatley for ‘Free Fire’
Free Fire is more than just your typical shoot-out film. The story may seem silly and unnecessary, but the true art in the film exists within the cinematic techniques and visual styling. We got a chan…
Interview: Derek Cianfrance on The Light Between Oceans
The new film The Light Between Oceans might seem like a change of pace for indie director Derek Cianfrance. He previously wrote and directed the Ryan Gosling starring indie films Blue Valentine and Th…
Movie Review: The Light Between Oceans
Few films mirror the experience of reading a book with cinema and novels being two very different mediums of storytelling. They’re each structured specifically to enhance the story through the way you…
Movie Review: Jason Bourne
The best piece of characterization in Jason Bourne happens in the opening scene of the film inside an illegal underground boxing circuit where his talents are maximized for profit. The look on his fac…
Bradley Cooper is getting ‘Burnt’
Who’s up for some cooking? Bradley Cooper is! The trailer for his upcoming film, Burnt, was released a few hours ago and it looks promising. Directed by John Wells, this dramedy tells the story …