Governor General’s Literary Award; Elliott BROOD; Tournament of Muppets
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011Patrick deWitt won the Governor General’s Literary Award. Elliott BROOD released a new album. The Tournament of Muppets began.
Gary Hustwit; Page Eight
Friday, September 16th, 2011The timing of Gary Hustwit’s new documentary, Urbanized, couldn’t be better considering what’s happening in Toronto. I sat down with the director while he was in town for TIFF. Also, I report from the Page Eight press conference.
Chicken With Plums
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Earlier this week, I sat down with Marjane Satrapi and her co-director Vincent Paronnaud to talk about their new movie, Chicken With Plums, based on Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name.
Roger Ebert; Nick Broomfield; Like Crazy
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Roger Ebert’s memoirs, Life Itself, come out today, and I recently had the chance to interview him about the book. Also: I sit down with documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield to talk about his new Sarah Palin doc, and report from the Like Crazy press conference.
Shame
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011A report from the press conference for Michael Fassbender’s new film, Shame.
TIFF; Giller Prize
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011In Wednesday’s National Post, I take a look at some of the book-inspired films coming to this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. I also take a long at the longlist for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Cowboys & Aliens
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011There’s this new movie called Cowboys & Aliens that comes out Friday. You might have heard of it. It stars some guy named Harrison Ford. It was a comic book, first. I talk to its creator in today’s paper.
Cell 213
Friday, June 10th, 2011Here’s a link to my review of Cell 213, but let me save you the trouble of reading it: The movie is terrible.
Good Neighbours
Friday, June 3rd, 2011In Friday’s National Post I take a look at the new Jay Baruchel thriller Good Neighbours, the first film review I’ve filed in God knows how long…
Barney’s Version
Friday, January 7th, 2011I’ve written about the film adaption of Mordecai Richler’s novel, Barney’s Version, quite a lot lately; I imagine my appearance on this week’s Popcorn Panel will be the last time.