Film / Television

The Show Goes On: Nik Sheehan reviews the 2023 Best Picture Oscar Nominees

By Nik Sheehan | 2023 March 11

Filmmaker and critic Nik Sheehan takes a last-minute tour of the Oscars before the show goes on.

By Stan Persky | 2016 February 29

Eyes on the Spies. Revisiting the Cold War with Steven Spielberg and John le Carre.

By Stan Persky | 2016 February 7

It’s Oscar season. Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” isn’t nominated for Best Picture, but it’s as interesting as anything else on view.

By Stan Persky | 2015 February 20

It’s Oscar time, and Dooney’s goes to the movies in search of a Best Picture.

By Stan Persky | 2014 February 20

It’s Oscar season. Dooney’s goes to the movies to see Paolo Sorrentino’s “Great Beauty.”

By Stan Persky | 2014 February 5

It’s Oscar time. Stan Persky goes to the movies and sees Oscar Isaac in a grim folk song film by the Coen brothers.

By Ron Silliman | 2013 June 20

Ron Silliman reviews Margarethe von Trotta’s film about Hannah Arendt.

By Brian Fawcett | 2009 July 9

Brian Fawcett is front row centre at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

By Brian Fawcett | 2006 November 14

Brian Fawcett goes to a theatre to find out what’s happening to Canadian film and television actors, and why Tony Nardi is angry about it.

By Stan Persky | 2005 December 26

Now playing: not-your-average John Wayne-Western.