AltWeeklies Wire
World Film Fest Previewsnew
A sampling of the 215 feature films and 194 shorts playing at this year's fest, including Confessions of an Innocent Man, Lady Chatterly, Dying in Athens, and more.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris, Malcolm Fraser, Jeffrey Malaecki and Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Movies
Satoshi Kon Discusses 'Paprika'new
Kon creates an imaginative and gorgeous world where images and characters follow a strange, but somehow comprehensible, dream logic.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paprika, Satoshi Kon
'The Last Legion': A Poor Excuse for an Adventure Movienew
This thing is a lousy, embarrassing all-around swords-and-sandals flick that resembles more an episode of that '90s Sinbad TV show than anything that should be respectably called a motion picture.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Lefler, The Last Legion
'Rush Hour 3': A Crass Case of Diminishing Returnsnew
The latest in the franchise isn't worth your time -- if you want to see a truly funny buddy comedy, wait until next week and check out Superbad instead.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Ratner, Rush Hour 3
'Tekkonkinkreet': Marvellous Metropolisnew
American director Michael Arias on cult attacks, the urban experience and his Japanese animated hit.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Arias, Tekkonkinkreet
'Eagle vs. Shark' is Relentlessly, Unbearably Quirkynew
This film doesn't even have the dubious benefit of originality.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
07-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eagle vs. Shark, Taika Waititi
'Severance': Having the Last Laughnew
Christopher Smith and Danny Dyer on comedy, horror, the war on terror and the twists and turns of their hilarious new thriller.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
Harder, Better, Faster, Longernew
Daft Punk's Electroma is a gorgeous, glacially-paced film about heartbroken robots.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Revolution, Toronto Stylenew
Pothead radicals and Godard stylings collide in Monkey Warfare.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Monkey Warfare, Reginald Harkema
'Grindhouse' a Double Whammynew
The flick recreates all the thrills and spills of an old-school sleazefest.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Not Exactly the Oscarsnew
Readers pick the year's sexiest, nastiest and lousiest movies in our 11th annual Alternative Academy Awards.
Montreal Mirror |
Hanako Hoshimi-Caines and Mark Slutsky |
03-02-2007 |
Movies
'The Astronaut Farmer' Doesn't Get Off the Groundnew
It may be most self-consciously old-fashioned and straight-up corny motion picture to come out of Hollywood in years.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Brutal Beautynew
Baichwal talks about her enthralling expose of the modern industrial revolution, as seen through the epic photography of Edward Burtynsky.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raising the Black Flagnew
Rachman and author Steven Blush talk about punk rock, ethics and their new documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Hardcore, Paul Rachman
Freaks in the Familynew
Incest and murder are the order of the day in this taboo-busting but ultimately confusing film.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Kent, The Hamster Cage
