Revisiting The Classics : Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
In 1976, I was aware of Martin Scorsese as a filmmaker having seen Mean Streets (1973) and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), and certainly a fan of the actor […]
Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Review – I Heard You Paint Houses!
By now it is clear Martin Scorsese is a filmmaking legend who will be remembered long after he has left this life. Scorsese’s films, the best ones, are films for […]
MAMI 2019 – Roger Egger’s ‘The Lighthouse’ Review
Robert Eggers new film wowed audiences at Cannes and TIFF, the nightmarish black and white cinematography calling to mind the great films of the German Expressionistic period. Dread fills every […]
Women In Scorsese Films – A Cinemawala Opinion
So yes, this got under my skin today! Seems the Marvel groupies and purists are lashing out at Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola for saying what many of us […]
Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ Review : ‘Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?’
Watching Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) trudge up that long concrete set of stairs on his way home each day, we can feel the burden he carries. Like a stone metaphor […]
James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’ Review
Science fiction works best, I think when it reaches far beyond the mere expectations of the given narrative. When small, intimate moments with the characters or a visual sequence take […]
Revisiting The Classics: Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King Of Comedy’
Though dismissed by some critics upon release in 1983, through the years Martin Scorsese’s rather chilling, cautionary tale, ‘The King of Comedy’ (1983) has gained in prominence and is now […]
The Top 12 Major Happenings At TIFF 2019
For better or worse here are the twelve major happenings on screens at TIFF 2019 this year. The first festival without Piers Handling at the helm, Cameron Bailey has assumed […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Western Stars’ and ‘The Aeronauts’ Review
WESTERN STARS Bruce Springsteen is without peer as the greatest rock and roll poet in music history. His blue-collar background has brought out some of the most intensely personal songs […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Lucy In The Sky’ and ‘The Report’ Reviews
LUCY IN THE SKY Though Natalie Portman is brilliant in this odd film, do not let it fool you. It might pretend to be about something hugely important, but in […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Motherless Brooklyn’, ‘The Laundromat’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ Reviews
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN Before this film is released later in the year I suspect it will go through a bit of pruning in the editing room. Overlong, with a couple of […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘Harriet’ Review
I wanted to love this film because I so admire the woman it is about. Harriet Tubman was a real-life hero, a force of nature who escaped slavery in Maryland […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : ‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood’ Review
Through the nineties, Tom Hanks won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor and was nominated for another. In 2000, he was nominated again and frankly should have won, again. […]
TIFF 2019 Exclusive : Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ Review
Divorce is ugly and brings out the very worst in people. You wake up one day and realize you can no longer live with this person you once thought you […]
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