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The Season's Big-screen Scene Stealersnew
A look at Australia, Revolutionary Road, Milk and more.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
09-29-2008 |
Movies
DIY Moviemaking Sensibility is Coming to a Cellphone Near Younew
The new genre of "mobile movies" is still fairly undeveloped, but signs are popping up that the scene is slowly gaining credibility with the mainstream film community.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
09-15-2008 |
Movies
The Road to Oscar Begins Herenew
Held midway between last year’s and next year’s Academy Awards, it's become the unofficial launching pad to Oscar glory. You want a little gold man for your mantle? Then debut your movie at Toronto International Film Festival.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-08-2008 |
Movies
Queers Get Pressured to Support Bad Moviesnew
Why can’t a queer fest program decent features?
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-30-2008 |
Movies
Death in Cannes: Decay and Corruption Go Down Smoothlynew
When you're watching this many movies in rapid succession, the urge to divine a trend is almost irresistible, whether or not such a trend exists, so here's mine: A considerable proportion of the films I've seen have been concerned in some way or another with decay.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Sprockets Shows Kid-Friendly Flicks that Put Hollywood to Shamenew
Every spring, Sprockets returns to Toronto, reminding us how feeble most North American children's films are when compared to their international cousins. Seriously.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
04-11-2008 |
Movies
Evolution of the Caveman Movienew
On the occasion of the release of CGI epic 10,000 BC, we offer this caveman valentine.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
03-10-2008 |
Movies
Sundance Sign-offnew
Roman Polanski's hot, Barry Levinson's not -- and I'm moving on.
NOW Magazine |
Cameron Bailey |
01-28-2008 |
Movies
Eye on the Prizesnew
Cannes winner Julian Schnabel isn't really a director.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
12-21-2007 |
Movies
R.I.P. John Harknessnew
We at NOW are hurting at the sudden loss of our founding film writer, John Harkness, who, we believe, was the greatest Canadian film writer of the last 26 years.
NOW Magazine |
Michael Hollett |
12-21-2007 |
Movies
Two Fantasies, Oceans Apartnew
Ocean's Thirteen and Angel-A serve up dreamy urban pleasures -- just don't expect logical plots or serious thrills.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
06-11-2007 |
Movies
Cannes Can-donew
Solid early screenings suggest 2007 could be a fab year for the fest.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
05-25-2007 |
Movies
Movies of Summer 2007: Thr3e!new
Why speculate about the most interesting movies of the summer when script writers, by the time they get to the second sequel, have generally run out of ideas?
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
05-04-2007 |
Movies
Berlin's French Breezenew
Two French films make major noise at the festival, although Canadians are piping up, too.
NOW Magazine |
Cameron Bailey |
02-16-2007 |
Movies
The Spin On Sundancenew
The prizewinning films demonstrate a mood of political reckoning and emotional retrenchment.
NOW Magazine |
Cameron Bailey |
02-05-2007 |
Movies
