2024-01-15 00:52
Cinema’s back, baby.
Look back on a great year with ILT’s top 10 films of 2023…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmFollow ILT on Letterboxd
10. Spider-Man: Acros… Read More
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2023-01-08 20:00
This year, almost all of ILT’s top 10 came direct from the big screen.
A friendly reminder that the cinema’s a banger and you should visit more often.Follow ILT on twitter&n&hell…Read More
2022-01-20 16:32
Another weird year.
Remember the best of it with ILT’s top 10…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmFollow ILT on Letterboxd
10. Red Rocket
Dir: Sean Baker
Sean Baker co… Read More
2021-11-08 20:00
Having cracked the crowdfunded code with Thunder Road, writer-director Jim Cummings returned to his indie investor hive in 2019 with the ambitious aim of blending a conspiracy… Read More
2021-10-20 20:00
Jane Campion’s western is a beautifully brutal character study and one of the best films of the year…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmFollow ILT on Letterboxd
In th… Read More
2021-10-14 20:00
Following two era-defining VHS mixtape releases in the early 2000s, Joey Haywood and Vancouver’s the Notic gained popularity on the international streetball scene as masters of their a… Read More
2021-10-08 20:00
With the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival drawing to a close, the traditional local to global nature of its lineup is on full display…Follow ILT on twitter&nb&hell…Read More
2021-10-01 20:00
If you ever receive an invitation in a purple envelope, you should 100% open it and do exactly what it says…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmFollow ILT on Letterboxd
As s… Read More
2021-01-03 19:21
Weird year tbf.
As usual, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
10. On the Rocks
Dir: Sofia Coppola
A rare between-lockdown theatr… Read More
2020-10-15 20:00
Drinking, haunting, rapping, electing.
Another Round
Turning to booze to solve your midlife crisis is not exactly a revolutionary idea. For Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) and his three high school… Read More
2020-10-14 20:00
After bursting on to the festival scene in 2018 with the much lauded zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead, Shin’ichirô Ueda is back with another skewering of cinematic norms:&n&hell…Read More
2020-10-08 20:01
Following the success of his crowdfunded indie banger Thunder Road, Jim Cummings’ new horror-comedy-drama has plenty of bite…
Jim Cummings has been busy. Hot off the succ… Read More
2020-10-08 20:00
Having grown up in show business as part of Jamaica’s legendary Marley family, actor and aspiring filmmaker Donisha Prendergast is stepping out on her own.
Nicholas Lay met with Donish… Read More
2020-10-07 20:00
After taking the indie scene by storm in 2018 with Thunder Road, Jim Cummings is back behind and in front of the camera with his delicious black-comedy-horror The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
N… Read More
2020-10-02 20:00
When it comes to suffering for one’s art, Mohammad Rasoulof is the real deal. His latest effort, There Is No Evil, which focuses on the death penalty in his native Iran, was shot… Read More
2020-09-30 20:00
Rising indie filmmaker Charles Officer explores his Toronto-Jamaican roots with a culture-steeped take on the gangster flick…
The drug-running gangland drama is hardly a new concept… Read More
2020-09-25 20:00
One of the best films at VIFF 2020, There Is No Evil sees Mohammad Rasoulof continue to tackle Iran’s authoritarian regime head on…
Most of the outside world has seen little o… Read More
2020-09-15 20:00
Despite the pandemic’s attempts to rob local senior citizens of their favourite few weeks of the year, the Vancouver International Film Festival returns for its 39th edition… Read More
2020-01-16 07:10
2019 was comfortably one of the strongest years of the decade for cinema.
As close to a traditional list as possible, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels of the year…Foll… Read More
2019-10-21 20:47
Because seniors go to the movies too…
The build up to a screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival almost always follows the same ritualistic pattern. Those in… Read More
2019-10-18 20:00
Winnipeg filmmaker Matthew Rankin is making waves on the national festival scene with his debut The Twentieth Century, a darkly amusing gut shot to everything Canada.
Nicholas Lay sat down w… Read More
2019-10-17 20:00
The Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped up with some big names, big experiences, and plenty of charm…
The Two Popes
If asked in 2002 what sort of projects City of… Read More
2019-10-14 20:00
The Vancouver International Film Festival continues with a collection of intimate, personal, highly emotional pictures from across the globe…
Sorry We Missed You
You… Read More
2019-10-03 20:00
The Vancouver International Film Festival is well underway, with week one throwing up the usual array of weird and wonderful highlights…
The Lighthouse
“Why’d y… Read More
2019-09-25 20:00
The Vancouver International Film Festival returns for its 38th edition this week, and as usual there will be no shortage of friendly, sometimes sleepy senior citizens to mingle and comp… Read More
2019-07-29 23:41
Quentin Tarantino returns to lovingly mock and adore Tinseltown in what is comfortably the film of the year so far…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmLike ILT on f… Read More
2019-01-03 07:55
Bold, reflective, and steeped in dark wit: 2018 was an astonishing year for cinema.
As close to a traditional list as possible, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite reels of the&n&hell…Read More
2018-12-19 04:13
As 2019 approaches ILT looks forward to Quentin Tarantino’s hotly anticipated, Manson Family-tinged return to modern-ish times, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, starring Leonardo Di… Read More
2018-11-26 20:00
“If he dies, he dies.”
With Creed II out now in North America and ready to swing at UK audiences, it made sense to go back to its direct prequel, and by far the Rocky&n&hell…Read More
2018-11-05 20:00
“If there were bodies piled up at the back of every clinic they wouldn’t exist anymore. The causes of damage I wanted to convey are less tangible.”
A few weeks ago I sat do… Read More
2018-10-17 20:00
ILT’s final reviews for VIFF 2018 focus on Jason Reitman’s political drama The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman and J.K. Simmons, and legendary Chinese director Jia Z… Read More
2018-10-12 20:00
Wu-Tang Clan co-founder, producer extraordinaire, composer, and director RZA live scores the Shaw Brothers kung-fu classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Need I say more? Yes, yes more needs t… Read More
2018-10-10 20:00
Legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou is known for his richly crafted period pieces, and Shadow is no different; a beautifully shot historical drama complete with Zhang’s tr… Read More
2018-10-10 00:19
ILT and Set The Tape’s coverage of VIFF 2018 continues with a look at two of the wittiest flicks at this year’s festival: Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers (Joaquin Ph… Read More
2018-10-08 20:00
Writer-director (and co-star) Joel Edgerton’s emotionally challenging deep dive into the murky world of gay conversion therapy is one of the best, and most important films of the year… Read More
2018-10-08 19:59
ILT’s opening VIFF review looks at Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project, an unoffical dramatisation of Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys with the most interesting drama unfortunate… Read More
2018-09-20 20:00
With the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) set to get underway this week, ILT has teamed up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the festival’s best, worst… Read More
2018-04-01 20:00
Following another hiatus many moons in length (again, for no particular reason), The Punch Up podcast is back! Again.
As usual the chaps take a look at what’s been going on t… Read More
2018-03-06 20:00
ILT’s new Unbelievable Scenes! series for Set The Tape continues with a look back at a powerhouse performance from the late Robin Williams as therapist Sean Maguire, as he re… Read More
2018-02-20 20:00
Are you one of those people who believe Greta Gerwig only received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director because she’s female? Then I reckon you haven’t actually watched… Read More
2018-02-08 20:00
20 years prior to his latest masterpiece – Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson was a rookie director making films about usually well-endowed porn stars…
Check out I… Read More
2018-01-23 20:00
With Coco smashing it in theatres worldwide, ILT’s new Unbelievable Scenes! series for Set The Tape continues with a look back at another musical Pixar tearjerker&hellip&hell…Read More
2018-01-07 18:12
The claim would appear to explain the seemingly needless CGI depiction of Snoke…
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Following last month&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-12-20 20:00
It’s been 20 years since the release of Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. Feeling old yet? Me too…
Read the full throwback to QT’s 90s classic now at Set T… Read More
2017-12-20 02:32
Following a weak start to the cinematic year, 2017 came roaring back with a number of memorable flicks.
As close to a traditional list as I could get, here’s ILT’s 10 favourite r… Read More
2017-12-18 06:53
I can’t be the only one who hated The Last Jedi? Right?
Check out my full review now at Set The TapeClick here for more of ILT’s reviews and retrospect f… Read More
2017-12-12 20:00
Recently, we got our hands on Brazil’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, Bingo: The King of the Mornings…
Check out the full review… Read More
2017-12-06 06:14
The prince of whimsical pictures, writer-director Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel), returns next year with a new star-studded, Japan-themed st… Read More
2017-11-27 20:00
Exploring Jim Carrey’s full method approach to playing Andy Kaufman for 1999’s Man on the Moon, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond is one of the finest docs you’ll see this y… Read More
2017-11-27 19:59
The Mission: Impossible series somehow manages to keep audiences coming back for me. We 2018 fast approaching, ILT looks forward to Ethan Hunt and Co.’s latest chapter…
Check ou… Read More
2017-11-24 20:00
Seeing as Justice League is stinking out cinemas everywhere, my new Unbelievable Scenes! series for Set The Tape takes a look back at the intro to a comic book flick that was actua… Read More
2017-11-20 20:00
Coincidentally timed with Charles Manson’s death, ILT’s latest articles discusses Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming 1969 / Manson Family project, as well as his tenth and final… Read More
2017-11-14 20:00
Depressing, funny, vital; Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is one of the films of the year. As usual, ILT has teamed up with Set The Tape to tell you why…
Ch… Read More
2017-10-30 20:00
With halloween comes horror; and where better to start than Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining? Courtesy of Set The Tape, ILT looks back at a classic of the genre, and discusses whethe… Read More
2017-10-20 20:00
With the latest season of Star Wars Rebels on the way, ILT once again teamed up Set The Tape to bring you ideas for five other Star Wars TV series…
See what weird… Read More
2017-10-18 20:00
With the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in full swing, ILT is teaming up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the weirdest and best releases.
ILT’s final re… Read More
2017-10-17 20:00
With the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in full swing, ILT is teaming up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the weirdest and best releases.
Next up, Janus Metz… Read More
2017-10-12 20:00
David Fincher’s Mindhunter drops tomorrow on Netflix. To get you in the mood, ILT and Set The Tape profile the career of the man himself…
Read the article here.Cl… Read More
2017-10-12 20:00
With the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in full swing, ILT is teaming up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the weirdest and best releases.
Continuing the East… Read More
2017-10-10 20:00
With the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in full swing, ILT is teaming up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the weirdest and best releases.
Next up, a couple of… Read More
2017-10-09 20:00
Blade Runner 2049 is finally here. As always, ILT and Set The Tape have got you covered…
Check out the spoiler free review here.Click here for more of ILT&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-10-06 20:00
With Blade Runner 2049 fast approaching, ILT and Set The Tape examine the marvellous filmography of French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve…
Read the article her… Read More
2017-10-05 20:00
With the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in full swing, ILT is teaming up with Set The Tape to bring you coverage of the weirdest and best releases.
First up, it’s… Read More
2017-10-05 20:00
Following on from ILT and Set The Tape’s look back at Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds, we countdown the show’s top five episodes…
Check out our choices… Read More
2017-10-02 20:00
With the second season of Thunderbirds Are Go! set to resume, ILT and Set The Tape take a look back at Gerry Anderson’s original classic creation…
Check it o… Read More
2017-09-22 20:00
Recently, ILT joined forces with the good folks at Set The Tape to bring you a unique range of discussion, reviews and opinions on all things silver and small screen.
First up is a… Read More
2017-08-26 16:12
Rising screenwriter Taylor Sheridan gets behind the camera for another
dose of pain and suffering…
*spoiler free*Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilmLike ILT on fac… Read More
2017-07-22 23:22
Nolan’s unique war epic sees the British director revisit the past in more ways than one…
*spoiler free*Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on … Read More
2017-07-17 02:18
British director Edward Andrews’ micro-budget sci-fi/action epic
proves to be worth the wait…Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on facebo… Read More
2017-07-17 01:27
Following a six month hiatus (for no particular reason), The Punch Up podcast is back!
With Baby Driver kicking summer blockbuster season into gear, the chaps strip Edgar Wright&rs&hell…Read More
2017-05-07 06:55
ILT’s TurningJapanese# series returns with a look at one of the finest anime releases of the modern era…
Your NameDir: Makoto ShinkaiOriginal Release Da… Read More
2017-04-15 04:29
Now this is podracing! Oh, wait…Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on facebook
Breath…just, breath. Aye, that voice sounds familiar. Given t… Read More
2017-04-09 01:37
Danny Boyle gets the old crew back together for a depressing, but altogether satisfying foray into the middle-aged minds of our beloved Scottish fuck ups…
*spoiler free*Follow IL… Read More
2017-04-09 01:33
Undoubtedly a surprise to no-one at all, the Ghost in the Shell
remake is all style and no substance.
*spoiler free*Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on&n&hell…Read More
2017-03-31 07:35
Do you like clowns? Because this clown likes you.
And he wants to eat your face…Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on facebook
I don’t write… Read More
2017-03-05 01:14
My first X-Men flick. Looks like I started at the right time.
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Prior to yesterday, I hadn&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-02-04 01:11
This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps take a look back at the understated but intriguing cinematic year of 2016.
Each presenter produced an individual list of favourites pri… Read More
2017-01-05 03:41
2016 was an intriguing, if understated year for quality cinema.
As close to a traditional list as I could get, here’s ILT’s ten favourite flicks of the year…Follow&nb&hell…Read More
2016-12-24 01:55
The sequel to Ridley Scott’s classic already features a fanboy’s cinematic dream team…Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on fa… Read More
2016-12-20 06:24
Would you like to hear the odds of it being good?
Don’t worry, they’re favourable…
*spoiler free*Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on f… Read More
2016-12-19 00:46
This week on The Punch Up the chaps return to that galaxy far, far away, that some for reason we’re now able to visit each year with relative, provided we pay Disney a small… Read More
2016-12-19 00:45
Recently on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps chatted Denis Villeneuve’s stonking new sci-fi flick, Arrival, and took a look at Mel Gibson’s victorious return t… Read More
2016-11-18 06:41
As he prepares to deliver the sacred Blade Runner sequel, all eyes are on Denis Villeneuve’s first foray into sci-fi…
*spoiler free*
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2016-10-23 00:31
This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are joined by special guest Haley McNamara to chat three of 2016’s best low key duo flicks: Hell of High Water, Swiss Army M… Read More
2016-10-23 00:31
This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps are once again joined by Haley McNamara to chat HBO’s Westworld, Christopher Guest’s Mascots, stop-mo sensation Kubo a… Read More
2016-10-22 23:37
I recently found myself in the midst of the 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival. So, as usual, I teamed up with the lovely folks at Failed Critics to bring you a rounds… Read More
2016-09-25 02:24
The West dusts off its wild side to give us one of the films of the year.
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These days, th… Read More
2016-09-19 02:04
This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps chat Richard Linklater’s acclaimed, but thoroughly under-seen, “Before” trilogy; Before Sunrise (1995),&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-09-11 20:51
Beautiful. Awkward. The most relatable scene in cinematic history?
Before SunriseDir: Richard LinklaterOriginal Release Date: 27 January 1995Follow ILT on twitter @l… Read More
2016-08-20 19:18
This week on The Punch Up podcast; the chaps catch up on the big TV releases so far this year, with full reviews of HBO’s Game of Thrones S6 and Silicon Valley S3.
There&rsqu&hell…Read More
2016-07-30 20:11
This week on The Punch Up podcast, the chaps visit the Trailer Park with a look at the latest offerings from Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Star Wars: Rogue One.
We also catch up wit… Read More
2016-07-20 21:37
Recently, I caught up with British director Edward Andrews to chat about the pre-production phase of his new, Mexico-based sci-fi action flick, Hecatomb, in order to shed some ligh… Read More
2016-06-23 07:14
Good fun? Yes. A classic? No. Destined to be overrated? Probably.
See also: Toy Story 3 (aye, I went there)Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on facebook… Read More
2016-06-12 20:57
This week on The Punch Up podcast; the chaps review writer/director Shane Black’s, thoroughly enjoyable, fantastically fresh buddy-action-comedy flick, The Nice Guys (spoiler… Read More
2016-05-26 02:57
Probably the easiest review I’ve ever written; I don’t have a bad word to say.
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Th… Read More
2016-05-08 21:00
The Punch Up podcast is back! Returning following a lengthy hiatus (Nick’s fault), the chaps chat the latest blockbusters – Batman vs. Superman and The Jungle Book – a… Read More
2016-04-28 06:40
It seems Disney missed the point of that certain little ditty; “Bare Necessities”…
*spoilers*Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on faceb… Read More
2016-04-08 17:30
(Don’t) Let the hype flow through you…Follow ILT on twitter @laidbaremediaLike ILT on facebook
Aye, here we go again etc. Following my underwhelmi… Read More
2016-04-07 17:40
PerfAction returns with the greatest action flick you’ve (probably) never heard of…
Hard BoiledDir: John WooOriginal Release Date: 16 April 1992Part of ILT’s&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-04-04 19:44
Recently, I reviewed British director Edward Andrews’ award-winning short, Red Handed.
For his next project, Hecatomb – a dystopian action flick set in the desolate Mex… Read More
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