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GOLDEN STATUES GALORE: An (In)complete Guide to Canadian Film/TV Awards

“To me, awards are meaningless” fictional thespian Cameron Drake (played by real-life actor Matt Dillon) quips to an interviewer in the 1997 comedy In & Out. “All the nominees are artists. We shouldn’t be forced

SOFT a Hazy Picture of Queer Youth

April 4, 2023April 3, 2023ReviewHarlow Joy, Matteus Lunt, Soft, Zion Matheson

Somewhere between the whimsical horror of Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me and the gritty verisimilitude of Harmony Korine’s Kids would likely be where Joseph Amenta’s feature directorial debut Soft would land. It’s a gleeful romp

A GOOD PERSON Mines Family Trauma

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023ReviewA Good Person, Celeste O'Conner, Chinaza Uche, Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Zoe Lister-Jones

Zach Braff is one of those talents that always seemed to escape my radar. I never tuned into Scrubs, I missed the acclaim that met his 2004 directorial debut Garden State and the controversy that

TENZIN a Contender for World’s Longest Short Film

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023ReviewJoshua Reichmann, Michael LeBlanc, Tenzin, Tenzin Kelsang

I’d like to start this review by commending the filmmakers for tackling a subject that Hollywood hasn’t dared to touch for over 20 years: the occupation of Tibet by the Chinese communist government and the

Vancouver-Based Film Producer Calls Out BC Government on Film Tax Credit Change: An Interview with CHARLES COOPER

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023InterviewCharles Cooper, Film Tax Credit, Front Street Pictures

If you’ve spent any time channel-flipping between CTV, W Network, or perhaps Pluto TV’s All-Christmas movie channel (Yes, it’s a thing!), there’s a good chance you’ve seen some content produced by the Vancouver-based Front Street

STELLAR Spins Beauty Out of Chaos (VIWFF)

March 7, 2023March 8, 2023ReviewBraeden Clarke, Darlene Naponse, Elle-Máijå Tailfeathers, Rosin Sutherland, Stellar

Whether you watch a screen-based apocalypse unfold on a fictional drama or the evening news, the focus usually lands on the picturesque and chaotic destruction that our little monkey brains just can’t look away from.