Film critic | Peter Howell Night Vision

"A Thousand and One" takes motherhood to extremes

Sundance champ depicts family life on the edge in changing NYC.

"Asteroid City"🚀 trailer takeaways → close encounters of nerd kind

Looking for clues in the first glimpse of Wes Anderson's latest feature whimsy.

Why did five top films get snubbed at the Oscars?

Half the Best Picture noms failed at everything everywhere with Academy.

"Everything Everywhere" flips a hot dog finger at negativity

Multiverse mash-up sometimes gets exhausting but never boring.

Timothée Chalamet talks sex, his name and savouring fame

The "Dune" star's skyrocket launched with "Call Me By Your Name."

"The Manchurian Candidate" has history's strangest movie talk

Talking nonsense or sinister intent? Sixty years later, we're still guessing.

Sundance🇺🇸 review tweets

Quick takes on films seen at the 2023 #Sundance Film Festival.

From "2001" to "Vertigo," here are the 10 best films ever

Toronto Star critic Peter Howell's submission to 2022 Sight & Sound poll.

Indies rising: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "CODA" at Oscars

Oscar winners can start in surprising places.

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Movies I Can't Live Without

Toronto Star movie critic 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 has written a book about his 25 most-loved 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:

"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, 55 years after its release and 22 years after its significant title year. It never gets old and I never tire of seeing it, even after 50-plus viewings ...." 🌓