Articles by Matthew Ritchie

The Legend of Tarzan

Directed by David Yates

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2016

No matter how many shots of Margot Robbie in soaking wet clothes, or rippling muscles on Alexander Skarsgård's stomach, or scenes of the tw...

David Farrier and Dylan Reeve Talk 'Tickled' and Ongoing Threats of Litigation

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2016

In spring of 2014, David Farrier — a New Zealand journalist best known for his quirky television segments and culture reporting — stumbled...

The Fundamentals of Caring

Directed by Rob Burnett

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2016

The most notable thing to come out of this year's Sundance wasn't necessarily an individual movie, or movies, but two companies who managed...

Genius

Directed by Michael Grandage

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2016

There are plenty of movies based on books, but much fewer on the actual act of writing itself. There's a reason for that: writing is a quie...

The Cure

Woodbine Park, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2016

Toronto fans of the Cure didn't get the concert they deserved at Bestival on Sunday night (June 12).   Currently in the midst of a North Am...

Grimes

Woodbine Park, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2016

Even the common cold can't keep Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) down.   A couple of songs into her late-afternoon set on the main stage at B...

Daughter

Woodbine Park, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2016

The subtle atmospherics of shoegaze-lite British indie rock unit Daughter were completely lost on the Bestival Toronto crowd on Sunday afte...

The Wombats

Woodbine Park, Toronto ON, June 12

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2016

With thousands of fans back home in the UK, the Liverpool lads in the Wombats weren't used to playing such an early festival set, as they r...