Film critic | Peter Howell Night Vision

Robert Pattinson makes a grim and magnificent Dark Knight in "The Batman"

Reboot of Batman saga is a portrait of damaged souls in a diseased Gotham City.

Toronto film critics awards show nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards 🏆

CSA nods for Best Live Production and Best Host, Digital/Immersive category.

"Studio 666" is a horror comedy of quips, riffs and stiffs

What the devil has gotten into Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters?

Age is just a number for "Harold and Maude" and "Licorice Pizza" lovers

"If you want to be free, be free!"

How the Beatles passed their own audition, the hard way

Peter Jackson's epic "The Beatles: Get Back" restores Fab Four joy.

How to see the mysterious running dog in "The Power of the Dog"

Is it a genuine optical illusion, digital trickery — or a supernatural presence?

Contrived Céline Dion biopic "Aline" is a train wreck

It may not be the worst movie of a still-young 2022, but it's surely the weirdest.

Comedy king Ivan Reitman regretted "over the line" sex scene in "Ghostbusters"

Hit filmmaker wanted people to enjoy his movies, but with limits.

Watch closely now: Love, snubs and surprises in the Oscars 🏆 nominations

Western "The Power of the Dog" and sci-fi epic "Dune" lead Oscar race.

Stories of redemption, revelation and rebellion at Sundance 2022

My Top 10 films at the second virtual edition of the Sundance Film Festival.

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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..."