Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Maudie

Directed by Aisling Walsh

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2017

You won't find many of Maud Lewis's paintings outside of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, but her story is one of the more interesting and u...

Gifted

Directed by Marc Webb

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2017

Over the past few years, Captain America star Chris Evans hasn't hidden his contempt for his Marvel character, and all the action movies he...

Song to Song

Directed by Terrence Malick

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

At the start of American auteur Terrence Malick's last movie, the complex and critically panned Knight of Cups, a note appeared on screen d...

Sleaford Mods / Not Of

Opera House, Toronto ON, April 1

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2017

Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn are used to the shit, piss and stench of British pubs, but for their first-ever Toronto show, the minimal...

Foxygen

The Opera House, Toronto ON, March 28

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2017

Given that they once recorded a 36-track space opera while still in high school, it's hardly surprising that Foxygen could make an album as...

CHiPs

Directed by Dax Shepard

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2017

Ever since his Punk'd days, Dax Shepard has been an underrated force in Hollywood — and no, that's not a joke. The former Groundling has st...

Dax Shepard and Michael Peña Talk About Big Screen 'CHiPs,' the Importance of Ponch and the Thrill of the Ride

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2017

Nearly 40 years ago, American drama CHiPs first appeared on televisions. These days, you'll be hard pressed to find a 20-something who reme...

Bruce McDonald Gets Back on the Road with 'Weirdos'

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2017

If there's a throughline that runs through Canadian director Bruce McDonald's filmography, it's movies about music (2010's Trigger and This...