film reviews

Hot Docs 2025: 'Spreadsheet Champions' Is an Excel-lent Character Study
Directed by Kristina Kraskov
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025
The concept alone is irresistible: 'Spreadsheet Champions' introduces viewers to the world of elite Excel users, following six students...
Tom Hardy Unleashes 'Havoc,' Plot Be Damned
Directed by Gareth Evans
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025
Among Hollywood's current crop of directors, only a handful will leave a significant mark on the film industry. Steven Spielberg created...
Hot Docs 2025: 'The Track' Tracks Bosnia's Challenges to Rebuild
Directed by Ryan Sidhoo
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025
During a scene in The Track set at Calgary's Junior Luge World Cup in 2018, the camera pauses briefly on a poster detailing the story of...
Hot Docs 2025: 'Agatha's Almanac' Aesthetically Captures Cottagecore Canadian
Directed by Amalie Atkins
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025
It's nice to imagine a world where everyone is celebrated with a documentary like 'Agatha's Almanac' — a tender tribute to the humble life...
'The Accountant 2' Doesn't Quite Balance
Directed by Gavin O'Connor
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025
'The Accountant 2' takes its audience on quite the ride — I laughed, yawned, ooh-ed and yawned some more. Similar to the first go-around...
'On Swift Horses' Pulls a Bait-and-Switch on Viewers
Directed by Daniel Minahan
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025
Daniel Minahan sets up his film 'On Swift Horses' as a love triangle in which Julius (Jacob Elordi) returns from the Korean War and stays...
CUFF 2025: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House' Follows the Expected Beats
Directed by Elegance Bratton
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
The history of house music begins with the death of disco. As is the case with every trend, the synth-y beats of disco showed signs of...
CUFF 2025: 'Eephus' Is a Sweetly Nostalgic Home Run
Directed by Carson Lund
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
There's a gentle rhythm to baseball that mirrors a quiet summer evening around a bonfire — it's cooling off but the day's humidity still...