CARA BUCKLEY
How superhero movie Deadpool hit the Hollywood awards trail
‘A Dog’s Purpose’ premiere cancelled over animal-treatment questions
BRAD WHEELER
Bakery in Brooklyn: A sickly-sweet and uninspired romantic comedy
BRAD WHEELER
Split: James McAvoy shines in M. Night Shyamalan’s psycho-thriller
Kate Taylor
Maliglutit: All-Inuit drama a compelling tale about family love
JULIA COOPER
xXx sequel tries to critique NSA, but suffers from moral confusion
BARRY HERTZ
In The Founder, Michael Keaton seeks another career resuscitation
SIMON HOUPT
The Skyjacker’s Tale: Engaging but scattershot doc lacks nuance
SUSAN KASTNER, JOHN KASTNER and KATHY KASTNER
Peter Kastner’s family talks bittersweet screening of Nobody Waved Goodbye
ALISON BROVERMAN
Broadway flop Merrily We Roll Along gets closure in new documentary
Barry Hertz
Which films will find success outside of the Sundance Film Festival?
John Semley
'Keep America Great': What Donald Trump and The Purge films have in common
LINDA BARNARD
Indigenous producers among Canadians at Sundance Film Festival
SANDY COHEN
Ava DuVernay says she has no time for Donald Trump supporters
BROOKS BARNES
More movie musicals in the works after the success of La La Land
BARRY HERTZ
The Canadian Screen Awards go homegrown-heavy in 2017
MARSHA LEDERMAN
John Zaritsky front and centre as subject of new documentary
SIMON HOUPT
Scorsese collaborator Jay Cocks discusses film decades in the making
JULIA COOPER
Mostly Sunny: Doc follows Sunny Leone from adult films to Bollywood
KATE TAYLOR
Live by Night: Prohibition-era gangster flick is out of step with the times
BRAD WHEELER
Andreas Johnsen’s Bugs is a what’s-up doc about the edible insects industry
Brad Wheeler
HBO’s Mapplethorpe doc explores photographer’s obsession with fame
Brad Wheeler
Family dramas big and small interrupt a patriarch's wake in Sieranevada
KATE TAYLOR
20th Century Women an intriguing look at three stages of womanhood
JOHN SEMLEY
Monster Trucks should be bad, but instead features a lesson at the end of the road
Barry Hertz
Patriots Day: Peter Berg uses skill, sensitivity to depict Boston Marathon bombings
JOHANNA SCHNELLER
20th Century Women director Mike Mills filters real life through the lens
KATE TAYLOR
Two of Canada’s top films look to preserve the Inuit way of life
BRAD WHEELER
What comedian Ryan McMahon is hearing, reading and looking forward to
Luke Mintz
Natalie Portman says co-star Ashton Kutcher paid three times as much
KATE TAYLOR
After a lifetime of achievements, Christopher Plummer takes the long view
Kate Taylor
Meryl Streep raises the bar for celebrity political statements, but to what end?
DEEPA MEHTA
Deepa Mehta on the late Om Puri’s remarkable career
JOHANNA SCHNELLER
Carrie Fisher’s death sparks questions on future use of late star’s image
Om Puri, star in Bollywood and the West, dies at 66
KATE TAYLOR
Silence: Martin Scorsese fails in a passion project decades in the making
Barry Hertz
A Monster Calls: Too mature for children, too simple for adults
Barry Hertz
The burdens and expectations of this year’s critically acclaimed, diversity-forward films
BARRY HERTZ
A roundup of Martin Scorsese’s faith-focused films
TINA HASSANNIA
The feminist mystique of Underworld and Resident Evil
BARRY HERTZ
TIFF co-founder Bill Marshall forever altered Toronto’s cultural scene
BARRY HERTZ
The worst of the worst: 2016’s biggest film flops
JILL SERJEANT and LISA RICHWINE
Disney faces Star Wars-size dilemma over loss of Carrie Fisher
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