News
Humberto DaSilva
| Gutland is a cinematic mind game set squarely in its chosen rural European context. The film can be best described as a "farm noir." |
Podcast
Kelly Okamura
| Connecting cheap choices with living systems in River Blue. A conversation with the film makers on this yet to be released documentary. |
Blog
Cathryn Atkinson
| A new documentary captures the story of the Somalian national bandy team, built in Sweden. |
Blog
Greg Macdougall
| "We're going to change the way things are done." A new documentary follows the Vancouver Mental Patients Association and its impact from the 1970s to today. |
Columnists
June Chua
| In her new film 'Come Worry With Us!' award-winning director Helene Klodawsky explores motherhood and the artistic process in the world of Montreal musicians Jessica Moss and Efrim Menuck. |
News
Sean Carleton
| The Lone Ranger rationalizes colonialism, denies Indigenous peoples' agency, and legitimizes the triumph of capitalism in western North America as natural and inevitable. |
News
Sean Carleton
| Man of Steel, like other recent superhero films, ultimately reinforces many problematic ideals and beliefs underwriting the current neoliberal capitalist age. |
Blog
Christin Hoene
| Drew Denny's semi-autobiographical road movie, showing at Inside Out this month, is a thoroughly enjoyable look at grief, friendship and loss. |
News
Humberto DaSilva
| Jonna's Body, Please Hold was the premiere film of the Breast Fest Film Festival. In many ways it was the perfect start to a festival with the objective of drawing attention to breast cancer. |
News
Humberto DaSilva
| Payback the film is not an adaptation of Payback the book. The film is a creative re-imagining of the book, which requires not a little chutzpah when working with Margaret Atwood material. |
News
Cathi Bond
| Montreal filmmaker Sharon Hyman's autobiographical documentary Neverbloomers: The Search for Grownuphood is a compelling piece of work exploring questions about what it means to grow up. |
News
Mel Watkins
| Both as a movie buff and a veteran leftie, I've been waiting to see The Iron Lady so I could write about it. Having now seen the movie, I have to admit that I'm perplexed as to what to say and advise. |