TIFF Retrospective
Licence to Kill
John Glen
PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2012
Rightfully, the biggest criticism that Licence to Kill has received over time—beyond nitpicking about who makes the best Bond—i...
Three Days of the Condor
Sydney Pollack
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012
Though prescient in its own way, pivoting on a CIA conspiracy to take over Middle Eastern oil fields noting the likely resource shortages o...
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012
Furthering the evolution of the slasher film from its roots in Halloween and Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street fully embraced the...
Live and Let Die
Guy Hamilton
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012
Where would James Bond be without music? Certainly not the immortal cultural icon Ian Fleming's misogynistic superspy has become. Through...
Peeping Tom
Michael Powell
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2012
Known well in the world of film theory and academia, Peeping Tom, Michael Powell's acutely self-aware ode to the voyeuristic and implicitly...
The Living Daylights
John Glen
PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2012
After the Remington Steele controversy with Pierce Brosnan, wherein NBC's last minute decision to renew the series after announcing its can...
A View to a Kill
John Glen
PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2012
Known by many as the worst Bond film for a variety of reasons, Moore's final dalliance with 007 in 1985's A View to a Kill has an appeal ou...
Martin
George A. Romero
PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2012
Reality doesn't bear much resemblance to fantasy. The picture of a luscious, ready and waiting victim Martin has in his mind before he burs...