REVIEW

"The Trial of the Chicago 7" puts the past on the stand to galvanize the present

Aaron Sorkin psychically links Richard Nixon's paranoia with Donald Trump's megalomania.

"On the Rocks" finds Sofia Coppola coasting with a sleuthing Murray and Jones

Sofia Coppola's infidelity dramedy pairs Bill Murray with Rashida Jones.

"Tenet" is Christopher Nolan's most challenging film — and also his most satisfying

Obtuse plots are fine, as long as the filmmaker makes us care enough to want to solve them.

Spike Lee’s masterpiece “Do the Right Thing” still burns hot with truth and wisdom

Spike Lee’s films never get old because his theme of racial injustice never loses urgency.

A documentary like "There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace" happens once in a life

Documentary on the closure, redevelopment and lasting impact of the Honest Ed’s properties in Toronto. Directed by Lulu Wei. Streaming Ma...

The villain as virus in "No Country for Old Men": You can't stop what's coming

Starring Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Tess Harper and Garret Dillahunt. Written and dir...

A salute to Cannes and romantic rapture with “In the Mood for Love”

Starring Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung and Rebecca Pan. Written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. Streaming on The Criterion Channel. 99 minutes....

Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” is a masterpiece of obsession and betrayal that casts a spell

Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey and Ellen Corby. Written by Samuel A. Tay...

How I learned to abide — and love — “The Big Lebowski”

Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Sam Elliott, Peter Stormare, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman...

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" lets you have your cake and watch it, too

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, F. Murray Abraham, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafo...

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Movies I can't live without

Toronto Star movie critic Peter Howell has written a book about his 25 favourite movies, with highly personal reviews from Apocalypse Now to The Wizard of Oz.

Here's a sample of his review of 2001: A Space Odyssey, his all-time favourite film:

"It was billed as The Ultimate Trip and the hyperbole was justified, then as now.

Stanley Kubrick's space opus still seems like the future, 52 years after its release and 19 years after its significant title year. It never gets old and I never tire of seeing it, even after 50-plus viewings..."