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About Author: Andrew Parker

Andrew Parker
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Andrew Parker writes for numerous blogs and publications, including Notes From the Toronto Underground and his more personal pop-culture blog, I Can't Get Laid in This Town. He is also the curator of the Defending the Indefensible series of films at the Toronto Underground Cinema.

Posts by Andrew Parker

  • In the third part of our Hot Docs 2013 preview we take a look at The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair. The Manor Special Presentations Directors : Shawney Cohen...

    Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 3: The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair

    Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
    In the third part of our Hot Docs 2013 preview we take a look at The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair. The Manor Special Presentations Directors : Shawney Cohen...

  • Tonally, Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong isn’t very far removed from the anarchic spirit of his previous film, Rubber. But whereas that film dealt with a killer tire that could kill people...

    Movie Review: Wrong

    Posted on April 19, 2013 | 1 Comment
    Tonally, Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong isn’t very far removed from the anarchic spirit of his previous film, Rubber. But whereas that film dealt with a killer tire that could kill people...

  • In a boardroom on the basement level of Toronto’s Intercontinental Hotel the morning after the debut of his latest film at TIFF, writer and director Derek Cianfrance is incredibly relaxed...

    Interview: Derek Cianfrance talks ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’

    Posted on April 14, 2013 | No Comments
    In a boardroom on the basement level of Toronto’s Intercontinental Hotel the morning after the debut of his latest film at TIFF, writer and director Derek Cianfrance is incredibly relaxed...

  • It’s almost impossible to talk about what does and doesn’t work about The Place Beyond the Pines without spoiling anything. Much like the undercurrent of long gestating retribution that infuses the...

    Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines

    Posted on April 12, 2013 | 1 Comment
    It’s almost impossible to talk about what does and doesn’t work about The Place Beyond the Pines without spoiling anything. Much like the undercurrent of long gestating retribution that infuses the...

  • I adore Brian Helgeland’s Jackie Robinson biopic 42 for what it is. It’s the ultimate provocation for a cynic to pull their hair out over. It’s a rousing spectacle and unabashed...

    Movie Review: 42

    Posted on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
    I adore Brian Helgeland’s Jackie Robinson biopic 42 for what it is. It’s the ultimate provocation for a cynic to pull their hair out over. It’s a rousing spectacle and unabashed...

  • A lifelong baseball fan, beloved actor John C. McGinley was already extremely familiar with the story of Jackie Robinson before signing on to appear in the big screen version of...

    Interview: John C. McGinley talks 42

    Posted on April 9, 2013 | No Comments
    A lifelong baseball fan, beloved actor John C. McGinley was already extremely familiar with the story of Jackie Robinson before signing on to appear in the big screen version of...

  • Many films have gotten by on sheer likability, great performances, and a killer hook, but few looks as good doing it as the Australian period-comedy-drama-musical The Sapphires. It’s most certainly not a...

    Movie Review: The Sapphires

    Posted on April 7, 2013 | No Comments
    Many films have gotten by on sheer likability, great performances, and a killer hook, but few looks as good doing it as the Australian period-comedy-drama-musical The Sapphires. It’s most certainly not a...

  • When approaching first time feature director Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s iconic 1981 exercise in gruelling terror, Evil Dead, do not expect a Raimi film. Expect a different, modernized...

    Movie Review: Evil Dead (2013)

    Posted on April 4, 2013 | No Comments
    When approaching first time feature director Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s iconic 1981 exercise in gruelling terror, Evil Dead, do not expect a Raimi film. Expect a different, modernized...

  • It’s strange to think of horror directors as happy people, but the smile on first time feature director Fede Alvarez’s face can be heard through the phone. The energy and...

    Interview: Director Fede Alvarez talks ‘Evil Dead’

    Posted on April 4, 2013 | No Comments
    It’s strange to think of horror directors as happy people, but the smile on first time feature director Fede Alvarez’s face can be heard through the phone. The energy and...

  • Miami Connection is an extremely special kind of film. So special, in fact, that it’s almost impossible to figure out where to begin. Long thought lost to the sands of...

    Movie Review: Miami Connection

    Posted on April 1, 2013 | No Comments
    Miami Connection is an extremely special kind of film. So special, in fact, that it’s almost impossible to figure out where to begin. Long thought lost to the sands of...

  • Bound to be misunderstood in many circles and open to almost boundless analysis about its motives, Spring Breakers definitely feels every bit the brainchild of out-there auteurist Harmony Korine (Gummo,...

    Movie Review: Spring Breakers

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    Bound to be misunderstood in many circles and open to almost boundless analysis about its motives, Spring Breakers definitely feels every bit the brainchild of out-there auteurist Harmony Korine (Gummo,...

  • It’s not commonly practised in any mainstream settings very much anymore, but if having a midwife by the bedside of a pregnant woman wasn’t good enough for almost all of...

    Movie Review: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    It’s not commonly practised in any mainstream settings very much anymore, but if having a midwife by the bedside of a pregnant woman wasn’t good enough for almost all of...

  • Although bearing the name more akin to a horror film, Canadian director Ted Kotcheff’s long thought lost 1971 sun-soaked and booze fuelled psychological drama Wake in Fright has seen quite...

    Movie Review: Wake in Fright

    Posted on March 29, 2013 | No Comments
    Although bearing the name more akin to a horror film, Canadian director Ted Kotcheff’s long thought lost 1971 sun-soaked and booze fuelled psychological drama Wake in Fright has seen quite...

  • For his follow up to the harrowing female friendship at the heart of his previous film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu explores a possibly...

    Movie Review: Beyond the Hills

    Posted on March 28, 2013 | No Comments
    For his follow up to the harrowing female friendship at the heart of his previous film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu explores a possibly...

  • Full of whiz-bang special effects, wall to wall explosions, and pithy one liners, G.I. Joe: Retaliation manages to be more fun than its predecessor while simultaneously making less sense. It...

    Movie Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

    Posted on March 28, 2013 | No Comments
    Full of whiz-bang special effects, wall to wall explosions, and pithy one liners, G.I. Joe: Retaliation manages to be more fun than its predecessor while simultaneously making less sense. It...

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