Articles by Lindsay Clarke
'Snow White' Exposes Disney's Identity Crisis
Directed by Marc Webb
PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2025
It's no secret that Disney is having an identity crisis that has trickled down to its ability to update its best-loved fairy tales into mod...
'We Forgot to Break Up' Pens a Love Song for Toronto's Music Scene
Directed by Karen Knox
PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2025
Karen Knox's 'We Forgot to Break Up' is the whole package for followers of Toronto indie music. It chronicles the brief rise to fame of a...
'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Shall Not Pass the Classic Trilogy
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2025
An anime adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's lore, based on an unnamed character and executive produced by Peter Jackson, 'The Lord of the Rings'...
The Thrilling 'The Girl with the Needle' Jabs Holes in Expectations
Directed by Magnus von Horn
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Magnus von Horn's Palme d'Or-nominated 'The Girl with the Needle' is the darkly compelling tale of Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young...
'Wicked' Leaves Other Musical Adaptations Seeing Green
Directed by Jon M. Chu
PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2024
Directed by Jon M. Chu, 'Wicked' — the movie adaptation of the musical based on the book of the same name, itself based on...
'Memoir of a Snail' Is a Highly Specific Gut Punch
Directed by Adam Elliot
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2024
There are very few movies quite like 'Memoir of a Snail.' Director Adam Elliot's previous film, 2009's 'Mary and Max,' comes the closest to...
The Cute 'The Wild Robot' Can't Quite Bring Back the Golden Age of Family Films
Directed by Chris Sanders
PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2024
Lately, family movies aren't what they used to be, and Chris Sanders's 'The Wild Robot' is here to fix that. A tale of found family and...
'Speak No Evil' Is a Rare Remake That Improves on the Original
Directed by James Watkins
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024
The 2024 remake of Danish film 'Speak No Evil' does a lot more than the original, and leaves audiences much more fulfilled. It's a stylized...
