Buckle up folks, this is going to be a personal one...

I first watched Kramer vs. Kramer when I was 16 years old, mere months after my parents had divorced and I was still getting used to packing a bag every two weeks to go between houses. I found it to be a devastatingly affecting film at the time, but it also helped me understand my parents' perspective and what they were going through. I never thought I would watch…

I went to see the latest Monday Mystery Movie, but within less than a minute, I realized that I had already seen it. It was I Swear, which I may or may not have watched online months ago, but is just now getting a theatrical release in Canada. I quickly hurried out to see what else was starting and became excited when I saw Speed Racer next door in IMAX.

Look, I'm not going to try to convince the haters…

I'd seen the original TikTok video set to M83 several times before sitting down with #SKYKING, which means I came into this already familiar with Beebo's story. What drew me to the documentary was the hope that it might illuminate the backstory behind the viral moment, and give some real shape and context to a man most people only know through a single clip.

The strongest thing the documentary does is engage with men's mental health. There's something resonant in…

Your mileage is going to vary considerably with Public Speaking. Scorsese's documentaries ultimately live or die based on whether you actually enjoy spending time with the subject. In this case, the subject is Fran Lebowitz, and my reaction to her was decidedly mixed. She's occasionally funny, witty, and genuinely interesting as a person, but she's also over-the-top and exhausting in roughly equal measure. The entire film is built around her talking and there's no escaping her for the runtime, which…

When Blue Valentine was released in 2010, I was 21 years old. I lacked any substantial relationship experience or life experience, but that didn’t mean that director Derek Cianfrance’s work was any less effective for me. I found it to be an absolutely devastating film back then, and that perception hasn’t changed. However, my opinion about Dean and Cindy’s relationship dynamic has shifted dramatically. Even though my watchlist for new films grows larger every single day, sometimes there’s value in…

Sadly, Disclosure Day is going straight to the bottom of my Steven Spielberg rankings, which is a painful place to find myself writing from. His last two films, The Fabelmans and West Side Story, impressed me considerably, and films like E.T. and Minority Report (which Disclosure Day borrows from liberally) are among my favourite things he has ever made. Even with a lacklustre reaction to the trailer, I was pretty excited, but this stands out like a sore thumb in…