Eli Glasner

A grizzled Gerard Butler, talkative teen turtles and a feminist Frankenstein are just a few of the cinematic delights of 2023 as CBC film critic Eli Glasner runs down 23 of his favourite films of the year.

Part personal tale of grief, part academic exploration of race and discrimination, Ava DuVernay’s new film draws on everything she’s learned as a filmmaker. The award-winning director sat down to chat with CBC’s Eli Glasner about Origin, and why the globe-trotting tale about racism needed a personal angle.

Though the setting of Civil War is described as "near-future America," CBC's Eli Glasner says the reporter-led road movie feels like it could be tomorrow. He calls director Alex Garland's movie urgent and visceral — a film not so much about war, but the effect of it.

While The Fall Guy touts itself as a tribute to stunt performers, CBC's Eli Glasner says Ryan Gosling's role as a stuntman still pining for his ex is the most authentic part of the action-comedy from the director of Bullet Train.

The first Inside Out movie is considered a modern-day animated classic. So how does the sequel justify its return? The reason caught our self-described grumbly film critic off-guard.

Raunchy and raucous, Deadpool & Wolverine finds Ryan Reynolds aiming his snark at Marvel, while both roasting and celebrating the state of superhero movies, says CBC’s Eli Glasner.

A maximum-security prison and a theatre company run by prisoners, those are the details of Sing Sing, a new drama starring Colman Domingo that CBC's Eli Glasner says is nothing less than a testament to the transformational power of art.

Twenty-four years after the first film premiered, director Ridley Scott and an A-list cast returned to Rome for Gladiator 2. With stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington, the film doesn't lack for talent. But CBC's Eli Glasner says it can't escape the shadow of its predecessor.

After months of sitting in the dark, CBC film critic Eli Glasner has winnowed it down to his 24 best movies and moments of 2024. From Wicked to wordless wonders and computer-generated documentary, we've got some great ways to fill up your holiday viewing playlist.

The road to this year's Academy Awards has had plenty of twists and turns, so let CBC's Eli Glasner be your guide to the upcoming Oscars race, including what films to watch and who to root for.