AltWeeklies Wire
Sarah Polley's Art of Adaptationnew
Polley takes the director's chair for the acclaimed Away From Her, based on a story by Alice Munro.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
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
Despot, Oil Sheikh, Terroristnew
U.S. author and academic Jack Shaheen's documentary Reel Bad Arabs examines the Hollywood evolution of a stereotype.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
03-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jack Shaheen, Reel Bad Arabs
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
Crying for Argentinanew
This documentary follows everyday people struggling through a country's financial crisis.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Terminal Citynew
Mount Pleasant is a predictably grim Vancouver melodrama about drugs, prostitution and class.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mount Pleasant, Ross Weber
Size Countsnew
As Goldberg proceeded with his documentary, he was taken aback to learn that many social scientists and economists have found solid reasons to believe there are deeply-rooted negative biases against the short.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howard Goldberg, Short and Male
Girl Powernew
Condon talks about how being gay helped bring Broadway to Hollywood with his blockbuster musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
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
Harper's Bizarrenew
Lewis Lapham examines the elite in this strange musical documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Suburban Twistnew
Field discusses his second feature, the off-kilter satirical melodrama Little Children.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Children, Todd Field
Food for Thoughtnew
Compelling documentary meditation on food processing and preparation tells nothing, shows everything.
Montreal Mirror |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
