Baker has a knack for sustaining that underlying, skin-crawling suspense, even as in broad strokes Anora could be described ...

I just want to make note of this before I forget: the Atlantic International Film Festival staff have brought down loungers, chairs, tables and chaise longues to the Park Lane Cinema, and it’s totally ...

Sunday started with a documentary at the Atlantic International Film Festival that drew Halifax’s cinephiles of all stripes. The doc also explains his personal relationship with both Michael Powell, ...

I’m just in from The Substance and my head is still spinning from the heavy dose that picture put in my head — more on that below — so this is likely to be briefer than usual. The second half of the ...

Early Friday afternoon I found myself at the Lord Nelson for a conversation between the excellent Laura Simpson of Side Door and artist, filmmaker, musician, and actor Sook-Yin Lee, who is here to ...

I’m back in Halifax, flying in from Pearson and landing around 4pm Atlantic Time. I ran into Haligonian screenwriter Noah Pink (Tetris, Eden) at the airport, the second time in as many days — we ...

ICYMI earlier this week I was on CBC Nova Scotia with my column, The Knox Office, giving listeners the scoop on a few of the ...

I mentioned in my mini-review on Insta (@Flaw_In_The_Iris) that I was still digesting this film and its themes, but I think I’ve got my head around it. Filmmaker Mike Flanagan adapts his third Stephen ...

The full title of that first film is Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. It’s a documentary written and produced by Springsteen and directed by his cinematic biographer of recent ...

David MacKenzie is the talent who directed the excellent Hell Or High Water and pretty damn good Outlaw King, so when I saw he had something new here at TIFF I made a point of catching it. This ...

2024 marks the 21st year I’ve attended the Atlantic International Film Festival, formerly FIN, formerly the Atlantic Film ...