Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe are well-matched in the curiously eccentric and utterly mesmerising The Lighthouse. Robert Eggers the genius behind the superlative supernatural drama The Witch puts the men in a lonely lighthouse off Nova Scotia standing in for New England, takes away their food supply, supplies generous amounts of whiskey, gives them hallucinations, drunken rages and brutal sea storms… View Post
Bong Joon-Ho’s nearly perfect, nerve-rattling comedy thriller Parasite is a shock to the system. It’s outrageous, comic, deadly serious and genre-bending, precise, poetic and mathematical, symmetrical in its construction, and deeply satisfying. It won this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, it’s South Korea’s entry for Best International Film at the Oscars and no kidding. Ki-taek Kim, his wife, son and daughter… View Post
Antonio Banderas plays Salvador, a version of his longtime collaborator, Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar in the exquisite Pain and Glory. He plays the adult version of a traumatised boy who went on to find release and expression as a successful film director. career is at a standstill, but he is asked to appear at the 30th anniversary celebration of his… View Post
Only two nights! Kevin Smith’s Jay & Silent Bob Reboot picks up where Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes left off – eighteen! – years ago, and they’ve rounded up one awesome cast, more on that later. The foul-mouthed, cannabis fogged film finds the boys heading to Hollywood when they hear that one of their early films is being rebooted. They want it stopped, so… View Post
Steven Soderbergh’s surreal look at the state of money in the world, and those who cheat to keep it makes for a fun time. The Laundromat based on “Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite” by Jake Bernstein, concerning an anonymous leak of millions of files from the Mossack and Fonseca law firm in Panama,… View Post
Meet renowned Canadian artist Robert Bateman at Select Art Galleries in Newmarket on Sunday, October 27, 2019! The FREE family event runs from 1-4PM and everyone is welcome! Robert will sign all copies of Robert Bateman’s Canada as well as prints sold that day. Address: 16686 Yonge St., Newmarket, Ontario L3X 3A1. Call: 905-895-3002 or 1-800-387-9303 or e-mail info@selectart.ca. We’re giving… View Post