Mark Romanek
Monday, September 13th, 2010In Monday’s National Post: Mark Romanek, director of Never Let Me Go, based on the 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishihuro.
Toronto International Film Festival
Friday, September 10th, 2010TIFF began on Thursday. This is my fifth time covering the festival. It’s an interesting week-and-a-half, to say the least. In today’s National Post, I look at the glut of literary adaptations at this year’s festival.
Toronto’s film renaissance; Alissa York
Saturday, August 14th, 2010In Saturday’s National Post, I explore the spate of new theatres and film series popping up across the city; also, I profile the novelist Alissa York, whose new book, Fauna, recently hit stores.
Soul Kitchen
Friday, August 13th, 2010In today’s National Post, I review the German comedy/drama Soul Kitchen.
Ellen Wong
Saturday, August 7th, 2010In Saturday’s National Post, I race go-karts with Ellen Wong, who stars in the upcoming film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
The Other Guys; The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Friday, August 6th, 2010In Friday’s National Post I review the new Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys, and Kim Jee-Woon’s gonzo western The Good, The Bad, The Weird.
Everything is Terrible!; Best Worst Movie
Saturday, July 10th, 2010In today’s National Post: Everything is Terrible!, the found-video movement that displays an ‘authentic affection’ for the detritus of popular culture; on a related note, I also chat with the director of Troll 2 documentary Best Worst Movie, Michael Paul Stephenson.
The Godfather Family Album
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010In Tuesday’s National Post I talk to photographer Steve Schapiro about The Godfather Family Album.
Mid-August Lunch
Friday, May 21st, 2010In today’s paper, I review the new film Mid-August Lunch.
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall; Justin Rutledge; Benazir Bhutto
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010A million things in today’s paper. Okay, three: I sit down with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall to talk about his debut novel, Ghosted; I sit down with Justin Rutledge to talk about his fourth record, The Early Widows; and I sit down with two of the men behind the new documentary film, Bhutto, which is screening at Hot Docs this week.