David Bowie's boy Duncan Jones shoots for Moon

David Bowie's boy Duncan Jones shoots for Moon

Duncan Jones has worked hard to escape his father's thin white shadow. And yet once you delve into the content of his first feature film, Moon, it turns out to have some strikingly autobiographical elements.

July 2, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Gangsters to Favela: Brazilian film fest hits town

Among the eight features and six shorts offered at this year’s Brazilian Film Festival of Vancouver, playing at the Vancity Theatre from July 8 to 12, standouts include smart documentaries and several zippy thrillers.

July 2, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Séraphine paints a believable portrait of a naive artist

By Mark Harris

In recent years, the French film industry has demonstrated a marked fondness for quirky dramas about the First World War, nostalgic evocations of the interwar period, elegiac explorations of the “deep” countryside, and sad biopics about underappreciated female artists.

July 2, 2009 - 05:20 AM

Moon

Except for some incidental characters, Moon is a one-man show for Sam Rockwell, playing a space engineer locked in a helium-mining complex on our lunar orb.

July 2, 2009 - 05:10 AM

Let It Rain

There’s little sun but much humour in Let It Rain, the latest effort from the screenwriting duo of Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri.

July 2, 2009 - 05:05 AM

DVD Releases

New on DVD: Before Tomorrow, Header, Le Jupon Rouge, Knowing, The Unborn

DVD releases for July 7, 2009.

July 1, 2009 - 00:01 AM

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs a mammoth disappointment

Ice Age? Some jokes in this tired threequel predate the Pleistocene.

July 1, 2009 - 00:01 AM

Public Enemies is a gangster flick made for the age of Twitter

By John Lekich

Johnny Depp gives bank robber John Dillinger bad-boy cool in Public Enemies, where everybody bleeds and nobody sweats.

June 30, 2009 - 2:44 PM

Movie Choices

Top movies in Canada (June 19-25): Victoria Day and The Baby Formula hit top five

By Craig Takeuchi

The top five Canadian films were dominated once again by Quebecois offerings.

June 29, 2009 - 10:12 AM

Movie Choices

Transformers 2 box office success unimpeded by bad reviews

By Craig Takeuchi

Audiences remain unfazed by negative reviews for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and flocked to ogle the visual extravaganza otherwise known as the ongoing war between the Autobots and Decepticons.

June 26, 2009 - 00:01 AM

My Sister's Keeper tugs heavily on the heartstrings

By Patty Jones

Unabashed weeper My Sister’s Keeper has that Hollywood sheen—but it’s the unexpectedly piercing realness of this family’s anguish that’s gonna get you.

June 25, 2009 - 06:00 AM

My Sister's Keeper's Abigail Breslin hangs tough

By Ian Caddell

Thirteen-year-old Abigail Breslin is not yet a household name despite having accomplished something that several more famous child stars of recent vintage have been unable to achieve.

June 25, 2009 - 05:50 AM

Kibatsu Cinema film series showcases the idiosyncratic

By Craig Takeuchi

The seven films in the Kibatsu Cinema film series, which include documentaries, comedies, and animation, will present unique perspectives and perhaps challenge some stereotypes about Japan.

June 25, 2009 - 05:40 AM

Whatever Works the crankier side of Woody Allen

Talk about outsourcing! The protagonist of Woody Allen’s new movie is so cranky, so misanthropic, and so out of touch with the way human beings really operate that he had to get Larry David to play him.

June 25, 2009 - 05:30 AM

Tokyo Sonata examines the buttoned-down undead