Jason Gorber

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Oct 3, 2026 9/10 "Gail" is glorious, a pitch perfect portrayal that manages to elevate the art of the music documentary in ways that are both surprising and at times shattering. Go to Full Review Gail (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 21, 2026 7/10 It’s not an entirely satisfying journey in its detailing of the career of the band and its star, but there’s enough here to entertain even those completely unaware of their musical output. Go to Full Review Pretenders (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 18, 2026 6/10 Despite the morbid nature of all we witness, there’s not a lot of depth at play here, and even romantic entanglements feel entirely telegraphed with little in the way of actual passion or connection. Go to Full Review Back in Black (2026) 80% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 14, 2026 7/10 "Sunburn" is a warm embrace of a particular group coming to terms with their own life changes as well as their sense of self and belonging. Go to Full Review Sunburn (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 13, 2026 8/10 Echoing the likes of Altman’s "Short Cuts" with its sense of dread and interconnected narratives, it’s a compelling film that leans deeply into what happens when a bad day personally gets so much worse. Go to Full Review Our Loves (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 12, 2026 8/10 "Closing Night" feels like the opening chapter of a directorial talent, one able to coax such genuine performances from his accomplished cast in a way that is perfectly attenuated and blended. Go to Full Review Closing Night (2026) 69% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Sep 12, 2026 8/10 A finely-drawn portrait of a character that is deserving of achieving the kind of immortality he long sought to achieve. Go to Full Review The Stunt Driver (2026) 74% - -

Jason Gorber CBC Radio Jul 24, 2026 B+ "It is brisk, it is not pedestrian...Go see it with an audience and support Canadian independent cinema!" Go to Full Review Racewalkers (2025) 100% - -

Jason Gorber That Shelf Jul 18, 2026 A- The key to unlocking the DNA of Nolan's previous works. An intimate epic, a spectacular adventure that never loses itself to mere spectacle, and a film built entirely for the giant 1.43 canvas of an IMAX screen. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Jun 1, 2026 7/10 "Marie Madeleine" succeeds by navigating these many contradictions and, in doing so, paints portraits of three-dimensional characters in ways that are both rare and remarkable. Go to Full Review Marie Madeleine (2026) 92% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture May 20, 2026 7/10 Emotionally rich, narratively confident, and visually compelling, this is one of the better films of this year’s competitive selection, one that just happens to be so carefully drawn and crafted as to require the modality of animation to make its point. Go to Full Review Iron Boy (2026) 100% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture May 20, 2026 6/10 While its execution may be middling at best, "Titanic Ocean" still holds enough water to allow some viewers to plunge into its particular brand of fun. Go to Full Review Titanic Ocean (2026) 67% - -

Jason Gorber POV Magazine May 19, 2026 Ron Howard’s highly sympathetic portrait of the man is both straightforward and effective, stripping Avedon down to his constituent elements with similar rigour that the photographer’s art reflects. Go to Full Review Avedon (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture May 16, 2026 4/10 Flawed and forgettable, "Colony" fails to build toward anything substantial, resulting in a film filled with swarms of zombie-like denizens lacking any real stylistic or narrative bite. Go to Full Review Colony (2026) 81% - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture May 13, 2026 2/10 For a film advocating for change, we hereby advocate for a change in this kind of middling production, focusing instead on a multiplicity of competing voices rather than simply a feel-good survey of cherry-picked stories that buttress a given argument. Go to Full Review Groundswell (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber That Shelf May 13, 2026 C+ It's a "hat on a hat", meta-meta film dependent on a cheap French pun for much of its power, and likely to generate oodles of irritating discourse, but it's still charming enough to make up for its smug, self-knowing proclivities. Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

Jason Gorber POV Magazine May 5, 2026 Even the moments captured during the taping of the show are seen through a unique lens, providing a kind of vérité gaze on the mayhem of doing live television that’s truly welcome. Go to Full Review Lorne (2026) 74% 38%

Jason Gorber POV Magazine May 5, 2026 Despite all the pomp and silliness, there’s a deep humanity expressed in this telling. Go to Full Review The Ballad of Judas Priest (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber POV Magazine May 5, 2026 The film provides an unabashedly celebratory look at the various facets of what it means to live and work in Toronto. Go to Full Review The Tower That Built a City (2026) - - - -

Jason Gorber Next Best Picture Feb 4, 2026 6/10 "Kikuyu Land" showcases a place and people of great beauty and great tragedy, and the documentary thrives when it provides witness to these paradoxical elements. Go to Full Review Kikuyu Land (2026) - - - -