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Despite a seemingly unending wave of bad news about the industry, 2025 managed to serve up more than a few phenomenal movies. From historical biopics to animated outings to a water polo camp from hell, here are some of our favourite releases from the past year. 25. If I Had …
Read More »5 best movies of 2025
CBC’s Jackson Weaver is a lucky guy — he gets to watch hundreds of movies every year. And now he’s ranked his top five picks of 2025. News Source link
Read More »Freakier Friday: From recession pop to recession movies, we are so back
Forget Jet2holidays, Labubu or The Rizzler. The new internet fad is the recession. Specifically, recession indicators. Sure there are the logical ones: the projected economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs, jobs reports or production levels. But more darkly enjoyable are the esoteric: the “vibe shift” indicators that — to those who …
Read More »Jaws attacked 50 years ago, changing how we look at movies — and sharks
Summers have never been quite the same since June 20, 1975, and it’s all thanks to a “mindless eating machine” that terrorized moviegoers and beachgoers alike. That was the day Jaws hit theatres, ushering in the era of the summer blockbuster and becoming a pop culture phenomenon that still resonates 50 years later. Steven Spielberg’s …
Read More »Director Steven Soderbergh on Presence, movies for adults and the power of karaoke
You might not know the name Steven Soderbergh, but you likely know his movies. He’s the director behind Erin Brockovich, Traffic, the Ocean’s 11 trilogy and Behind the Candelabra. After winning the Palme D’Or at the age of 26 for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Soderbergh reinvented himself as genre connoisseur, serving …
Read More »The dollars and cents of sexy Netflix Christmas movies
For the second week of December, the running theme of Netflix’s global top ten performing movies may not seem all that surprising. There’s That Christmas, the Pixar-adjacent holiday flick about Santa caught in a snowstorm. There’s A Royal Date for Christmas, which pretty much speaks for itself. And there’s ‘Twas …
Read More »Inside the terrifying, risky world of making indie horror movies
Shannon Hanmer still remembers the first scary movie she saw in a theatre — the R-rated teen vampire thriller The Lost Boys starring Kiefer Sutherland as the blood-thirsty villain. She was four years old. “My mom thought it was about Peter Pan,” she said. Instead, a young Hanmer watched in horror as the 1987 film served up …
Read More »TIFF 2024 kicks off with return to form, boasting big names in movies and music – Toronto
The Toronto International Film Festival returns in full force today after navigating several years of pandemic-related challenges and industry disruptions. Filmmaker Kazik Radwanski says the comeback is much needed after COVID-19 and Hollywood strikes hit the film business hard and dulled the star power of previous festivals. The Toronto native, whose dramedy “Matt & …
Read More »Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more
The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall. The festival announced its gala and special presentation lineup Monday. Jolie’s film stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir and is based …
Read More »TIFF 2023: Atom Egoyan says ‘Seven Veils’ explores themes that have haunted him for years – Toronto
On a sun-drenched August morning, filmmaker Atom Egoyan stands in the silence of a dim post-production room. With his forthcoming feature “Seven Veils” casting rays from the theatre screen before him, he tweaks the final cut, perfecting what he can before its Toronto International Film Festival debut. “This is a …
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