Bill Murray
In his debut as a feature film director (he’s won an Oscar already for his first short film), Aaron Schneider has gotten it right: Get Low (2009) is a terrific film. Toronto audiences already got an early peek at the film last September at TIFF, but it was finally released in theatres last weekend. A period comedy / drama set in late 1930s Tennessee, it’s based on a real 1938 event, a “live funeral,” and (much more loosely) on the life of a real man (Felix “Bush” Breazeale). And though it’s been released during the hottest summer Toronto’s seen in...
Wes Anderson’s latest feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox, is simultaneously silly, surreal, and contemplative, making an artful turn of his signature style. It appears that a great deal of effort went into the making of this stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, and the impression it leaves makes it worthwhile. It also offers a welcome, hilarious break from the slick look and perfunctory humour of modern popular animated films. The story centers on a family of foxes – former bird thieves Mr. and Mrs. Fox (George Clooney and Meryl Streep) have settled into a quiet life after the birth of...
