Anyone with a Netflix subscription is likely familiar with the recent furor over the French film Cuties, recently released on the platform to great acclaim or disgust depending on whom you ask. Ostensibly a commentary
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Talent On Tap – Simon Longmore – Not Your Average Bear
Imagine that you’re broke, you have no job and your mom needs her medicine to live. It’s probably not that difficult to imagine, given the current Covid-19 pandemic, but does it cause you to think
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Interview – Surprise Screeners in public
Having been through Vancouver so many times, I know how pricey things are and sometimes those who can’t afford anything whatsoever end up as one or two types of people. The homeless in DTES, or
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Shawn Ashmore Steals the Show as The Boys’ Newest Addition
Things are certainly ramping up in the latest rip-roaring season of The Boys, which last week saw the release of its sixth of eight episodes. And before you say it, I too was unaware that
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VIFF: Haisla Supernatural Comes to Life in MONKEY BEACH
There’s a certain irony in having to leave home for a spell to see ourselves more clearly. Hindsight as always being 20/20 (if not 2020?), distance gives our demons perspective. In her debut narrative feature,
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The Last Casino Review
If you’re fascinated by the history of gambling and are looking for a slightly out-of-the-way movie that might have missed you by until this point, then look no further than The Last Casino – a
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