‘Wicked’ defies gravity and expectations, transporting viewers back to the World of Oz

Wicked doesn’t just revive the magic of the World of Oz—it makes us believe in it all over again.
November 29, 2024

‘The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man’ brings Toronto’s weirdest legend to life at the Screening Room

Ushering in an imaginative era of Torontonian film and bound to be a Canadian cult classic, The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man reaches Kingston.
November 15, 2024

Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’: A dizzying, jaw droppingly good time

As a simple cinephile, armed with both an X and Letterboxd account, my feed has been blowing up for the past few months about one of the most lauded pictures of the year: Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ (2024).
November 8, 2024

Adam Sandler and the death of big-budget comedy

Adam Sandler’s brand of heavy-hitting comedy may be the last of its kind. Upon a recent rewatch of Adam Sandler’s Blended (2014), it was striking to note the big budget, legendary cast and pure laugh factor the family comedy held.
Confronted by finite limitations in an infinite world, We Live in Time (2024) leaves viewers questioning whether chasing legacy is a pursuit worth striving for—or just another way to end up as the richest man in the graveyard.
Watching horror movies to celebrate Halloween illustrates how horror as a film device is utilized to reflect societal and cultural fears.
Both music and movies are beloved by audiences worldwide, but true magic is made when the two come together.
Directors and writers need to find a balance between the two extremes of romance films.
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This succeeds at delivering grounded and atmospheric horror on a low budget.
Luca Guadagnino’s latest film Queer explores the way love can quickly turn into obsession.
Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut, ‘The Virgin Suicides’, celebrated its 25th anniversary at The Screening Room this month.
Fall movies deserve to be acknowledged as a separate entity outside of Halloween films.
Herbaria parallels the act of preservation through botany and film.Leandro Listorti’s visually enthralling documentary, Herbaria, presented by the Vulnerable Media Lab (VML) in the Department of Film and Media, was screened on Sept. 10 at The Screening Room.
They perfected their one shot—flaws and all—without a dress rehearsal, and still remain Canada’s sweethearts.
Sorry, Blake Lively—this isn’t the summer of Barbie land where we can just slip into floral dresses, gather the gals, and waltz off to watch your movie.
The new season of House of the Dragon (HOTD) was sufficiently lackluster, characterized by shallow dialogue, and cringe-worthy, arbitrary scenes
A slew of films have recently hit theatres, but filmgoers shouldn’t expect much originality from these new releases.
I Saw the TV Glow has proven itself to be one of the most original films of the year, enriched using a complex allegory of gender dysphoria.
Fan casting may be a fun fantasy, but it’s one that’s destined to remain just that—a fantasy.
A documentary film showcases the political complexity and hardships associated with housing the unhoused.
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