Articles by Matt Bobkin

TIFF Review: 'Beautiful Boy' Awkwardly Combines Two Addiction Memoirs
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018
When the story of David and Nic Sheff unfolded over a decade ago, it shaped the public understanding of drug addiction by shedding equal am...
The Lonely Parade
The Pits
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2018
Lonely Parade will be the first to tell you that they don't have their shit together, not that you can hear it in their music. The Pits, th...
TIFF Review: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Is Another Triumph For Barry Jenkins
Directed by Barry Jenkins
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2018
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is about to break our hearts all over again with another gripping tale of black love. Adapting James Baldw...
TIFF Review: 'Woman at War' Is an Idiosyncratic Instant Classic
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2018
This delightfully fresh film from Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson covers a lot of ground in its 100 minutes. The film follows choir...
TIFF Review: 'Shoplifters' Is a Heartbreaking Slice of Life
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2018
The latest from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda is a heartbreaking slice-of-life look on the lengths an impoverished family will go to...
TIFF Review: 'Dogman' Is Too Dark to Find Redemption
Directed by Matteo Garrone
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018
If Breaking Bad breakout character Gale Boetticher — the mild-mannered, poetry-reciting, coffee-brewing eccentric who is also an excellent...
Alexandra Stréliski
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
Neoclassical piano music is having a moment in Canada these days, between the emergence of Jean-Michel Blais, the impending release of Chil...
Milk & Bone
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
Milk & Bone are a testament to the power of friendship. Best friends and collaborators Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne were re...