A film barely one minute long can still leave a mark on cinema history. Evelyn Lambart’s O Canada, made at the National Film Board of Canada in 1952, did exactly that. The stereoscopic animation used
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The Forgotten Canadian Cinema Experiment That Put Transportation Into Full-Colour IMAX 3D
The train, the canoe and the moving bodies may sound like documentary subjects. At Expo 86 in Vancouver however the train, the canoe and the moving bodies became part of a film experiment. Transitions was
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Ginger Snaps (2000) : Canada’s Werewolf Tradition in Film
A creature attacks at night, the moon hangs over the neighbourhood, and the bite starts to change the person it marked. But director John Fawcett and screenwriter Karen Walton aimed at something stranger. The transformation
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A Film for Quiet Evenings: Why Falcon Lake Suits Viewers Who Skip Comedy
Not every night calls for laughter. Some evenings just want quiet — a story that doesn’t perform for attention, doesn’t rush toward a punchline, doesn’t ask to be impressive. Falcon Lake (2022) is built for
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How Visionary Gardeners Reveals the People Behind Canada’s Rarest Plant Collections
A greenhouse tucked behind a farmhouse in rural Ontario holds a fig tree that has survived four winters it was never supposed to survive. Its owner didn’t set out to become an expert. He just
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Diane Kruger Plays Three Characters in The Shrouds: A Pre-Watch Guide to Becca, Terry and Hunny Before Their Identities Start Overlapping
Diane Kruger doesn’t simply appear twice in David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds. She is officially credited as three characters: Becca Relikh, Terry Gelernt and Hunny. That detail matters before watching because all three connect to Vincent
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