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Bullet to the Head is a throwback in more ways than one

Bullet to the Head is easy enough to sit through except for one thing: its star.

Amour explores our basic fears

Because we grow up with them, movie stars sometimes seem to be our friends.

The End of Time dances to its own beat

Peter Mettler’s documentaries do have a distinct following, especially here on Canada’s West Coast.

Liverpool runs at a frenetic pace

Like most movies with the word Liverpool in the title, this one does not take place by the banks of the River Mersey.

Top 10 movies of 2012 critics' picks: Mark Harris

Tellingly, only my top two titles unequivocally belong on a list of this kind, and only items three and four were sufficiently savoury to make me pleased to know they’d...

Rust and Bone is radically original cinema

Starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts. In French with English subtitles. Rated 18A. Opens Friday, December 21, at the International Village Cinemas

Back to 1942 is an engaging historical epic

Aftershock director Feng Ziaogang's latest disaster movie looks at the effects of famine in China's Henan province in 1942.

European Union Film Festival dives into crime, saunas, and silence

The 15th edition of the European Union Film Festival features films from 26 of the EU's 27 member nations, including Finland's Steam of Life.

The Ambassador deliberately confuses fact and fiction

In The Ambassador, the director deliberately steps into harm’s way himself.

Holy Motors is high-octane moonshine for film buffs

Holy Motors represents a return to form for French cinema’s long-idled maverick Leos Carax.