reviews
'Napoleon' Is Short on Insight, but the Battle Scenes Stand Tall
Directed by Ridley Scott
PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2023
The Napoleonic Code, higher education, centralized banking — Napoleon Bonaparte's reputation for reform in France, and eventually influenci...
gglum Revels in Debauchery and Danger on "Easy Fun"
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PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic sha...
Reel Asian Film Festival 2023: 'Mustache' Brings Warm and Fuzzy Softness to Hairy Teenage Moments
Directed by Imran J. Khan
PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2023
Through the eyes of young Ilyas (Atharva Verma), audiences are brought back to the emotional roller coaster that is high school in an assur...
On 'Mad and Noisy,' moondoggy Strike Gold
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PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
After introducing themselves brilliantly on their eponymous 2021 EP, moondoggy have reaffirmed their position at the forefront of Toronto's...
'The Taste of Things' Is a Delectable Romance to Be Savoured
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
In Trần Anh Hùng's The Taste of Things, viewers are immediately thrust into the midst of the controlled flurry of gourmet chef Dodin's (Ben...
Depeche Mode Lit Up the Dark in Edmonton
Rogers Place, November 21
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023
Forty three years since their inception, Depeche Mode still have plenty of life left. The English new wave band — now a duo consisting of s...
The Nicolas Cageaissance Continues with Wonderfully Awkward 'Dream Scenario'
Directed by Kristoffer Borgli
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2023
In the '90s, Nicolas Cage was truly something to behold — the most intense eye acting with line deliveries that only he could pull off. Whi...
Adam Sandler's 'Leo' Is Goofily Heartfelt
Directed by Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel and David Wachtenheim
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2023
In a wonderfully whimsical and laugh-out-loud animated film about intergenerational wisdom and communication, Adam Sandler and his old pal...