Articles by Mike Sauve
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2014
Bland as they may be, the adjectives cold and cerebral are the best two to describe the late period films of David Cronenberg. Most recentl...
Jack White
Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, July 31
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2014
Audience engagement seems to be a big deal for Jack White lately. On a recent Conan appearance, he issued a plea that concertgoers put away...
Lucy
Luc Besson
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2014
Under the Skin was the art-house Scarlett Johansson sci-fi turn. It was a near masterpiece, and consequently the more populist Lucy became...
Justin Rutledge
Rivoli, Toronto ON, June 13
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2014
Most of the attendees were couples. These couples all had one song they particularly cherished. Back rubbing and low-level frottage intensi...
Edge of Tomorrow
Doug Liman
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2014
As popular as it's become to mock Tom Cruise for his tendency to hop upon couches, accuse Matt Lauer of glibness, or unabashedly proselytiz...
Tom at the Farm
Xavier Dolan
PUBLISHED May 29, 2014
With his fourth feature, 25-year-old Quebecois wunderkind Xavier Dolan shows that he can cross genres with relative ease. So much ease, in...
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
PUBLISHED May 8, 2014
The language of mainstream filmmaking has become so standardized that a movie like Under the Skin inevitably leaves many slack-jawed "movie...
The Sheik
Igal Hecht
PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2014
This lacklustre documentary about an interesting subject is elevated by interviews with Hulk Hogan, Dwayne Johnson, Jake "the Snake" Robert...