Category Archives: Reviews

Films reviewed here: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God When Day Breaks Quartet Lore Still Hyde Park on Hudson A Few Hours of Spring Great Expectations A Late Quartet The Suicide Shop

The Toronto Film Festival has been back for another year, and I was distracted from transit affairs enough to be watching movies and writing reviews rather than the usual content on this site. Reviews appear here in the order I … Continue reading →

September brings the Toronto International Film Festival, a period when some of my readers complain that I am preoccupied with movies, and a few think I may miss some skulduggery in transit politics. Last year’s reviews (and indeed my spring … Continue reading →

Reviewed here: Take This Waltz **½ Elles ** Anonymous *** Albert Nobbs ***½ In Darkness *** Lena ** The Oranges * The Eye of the Storm ***½ Rose *** Pink Ribbons, Inc. ** Days 4 to 6 of the festival.

Reviewed here: Monsieur Lazhar ***** Leave It On The Floor ***½ Superclasico **½ I’m Carolyn Parker *** Days 7 and 8 of the festival.

Reviewed here: Tyrannosaur ***½ Wuthering Heights *½ Coriolanus *** The Deep Blue Sea **½ Page Eight **** Restoration *** This article covers days 9 to 11 of the festival and brings to a close the reviews for this year.

Yes, folks, it’s that time of year when a transit blogger burrows into dark theatres to watch documentaries for eleven days.  Our regular programming will resume in due course. This year’s hotdocs has 199 films and the most dedicated won’t … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s that time of the year again, when Steve disappeared into many theatres for 10 days and the unwary thought they could get away with transit announcements while he’s wasn’t looking. Reviewed here: Cirkus Columbia Shi (Poetry) The King’s … Continue reading →

Reviewed here: Operacíon Diablo His & Hers Budrus Dreamland 12th & Delaware The Canal Street Madam