This month offered some out-of-the-ordinary moviegoing experiences. The TIFF Bell Lightbox ran a series of Canadian horror films hosted by Guillermo del Toro. Plus, lengthy flights to and from China forced me into the “iPhone cinema,” where I watched quite a few movies that were good enough to ignore how tiny the screen was. Continue reading

In June, I started reading books about film in earnest, which inspired a lot of my viewing choices. Continue reading

I had a super busy month, so I didn’t keep up my usual pace of movie watching. But I did see a couple of great movies (and a few that were terrible)! Continue reading

This month I finally started to appreciate Brian De Palma, plus I spent one long, four-movie day at the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival 2025. Continue reading

This month I visited some new theatres for the first time (the Hot Docs Cinema and the Harvard Film Archive) and watched a mix of slashers and experimental avant-garde films. Continue reading