Whistler 09: MACHOTAILDROP Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Walter is a kid who dreams of making it big on the pro-skateboard scene. When his gold VHS tape of tricks is deemed worthy, he is summoned by The Baron to... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: THE WILD HUNT Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Alexandre Franchi just might be a genius, and his first feature shows the same lyric creativity and the same commitment to themes of imagination he displayed in his stellar collection of... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: THE TROTSKY Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel) has a destiny: as the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky, he's going to live his life in parallel to his antecedent's path, up to and including his assassination... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: SKIDLOVE Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]An unlikely romance blooms between Rennie (Ryan Arnold), a young artist who's scraping by and has hopes of one day making a living off his paintings, and Paige (Jayme Keith), a... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09 Wrap Up

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following wrap up of the 2009 Whistler Film Festival.]Whistler itself is a gorgeous destination, world-famous for skiing and mountain biking, and the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) largely concerns itself with discovering new,... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: HIGH LIFE Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]Based on the play of the same name, High Life is a smart, smart caper flick featuring not-so-bright criminals. In 1983, finding a weakness in the procedures around the newly prolific... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: SMASH CUT Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review.]B-movie fiends, prepare for a campy dose of low budget splatter. Lee Gordon Demarbre's Smash Cut is a loving tribute to the 1960s gore cinema of Herschell Gordon Lewis (who makes... More »

By Todd Brown

Whistler 09: J'AI TUE MA MERE Review

[Our thanks to Andrew David Long for the following review of Canada's 2009 Oscar submission.]17-year-old Hubert has a love/hate/mostly-hate relationship with his mother. Compounding the troubles of that fully dysfunctional relationship, he has no real relationship to his father, and... More »

By Todd Brown

Leading Voices in Global Cinema

Todd Brown, Founder & Editor Toronto
Peter Martin, Managing Editor Dallas
Ryland Aldrich, Festivals Editor Los Angeles
James Marsh, Asian Editor Hong Kong
Brian Clark, European Editor Paris

FEAR & LOATHING AT CANNES, PART 3: EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL AND I'M TRIPPING BALLS

CHAPTER 6: THERE'S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A PURPLE BEACH SMOTHERED IN MELTING TROMMETTES DURING A CRIMSON TINGED SUNSET ON THE FRENCH RIVERIA, HOLY SHIT I'M TRIPPING MY FUCKING FACE OFF.It's night. When the fuck did it become night? I'm naked. Where the fuck did my clothes go? I'm on... More »

Destroy All Monsters: I Think We've Been This Way Before, Mr. Spock

They can remember it for you wholesale, and they do. At some point, we licensed our pop cultural nostalgia to a handful of multinational conglomerates (well, to be fair, they always owned the licenses) and now they're selling them back to us - though, I guess, not at wholesale, but... More »

Interview: Twitch Talks to HANGOVER III's Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong may often play a lunatic on both big and small screen, but in person it's quite disarming to see just how calm and considerate he comes across. While he got his big screen start in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, Jeong's real breakthrough was taking a small-on-paper role... More »

Hollywood Beat: Notes On Cutting The Cord And NBC's Genre Programs

I cut the cable cord last year, but I'm not always happy about it. I had to wait a year before seeing Season 2 of Game of Thrones, for example, and will have to wait to see Season 3 until next year. I only have to wait to see Mad... More »

Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN

Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update: Was asked to come in today and pick a few... More »