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CLOSING THE GAP: HOCKEY IN NORTH KOREA Review

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020ReviewClosing The Gap: Hockey in North Korea, DPRK Men's Hockey Team

It’s not every day that a foreign film crew is allowed unfettered access to anything in the “Democratic” People’s Republic of Korea, let alone the country’s National Hockey Team. Back in pre-Covid times, one scrappy

HOOVIE: Virtual Moviegoing with Fiona Rayher and Hilary Henegar

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020InterviewFinoa Rayher, Hilary Henegar, Hoovie

The inaugural year of the 2020s has potentially changed moviegoing forever. Although pockets of theatres in North America have reopened since a near-complete shutdown in mid-March, most are operating at less than half capacity and

TALENT ON TAP: Julie Bruns and Steve Kammerer Dive Deep on PURGAMENTUM

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020InterviewJulie Bruns, Steve Kammerer, The Purgamentum

Rome wasn’t built in a day and most films aren’t either. But put two of those days together and you might produce a gem like The Purgamentum, a 5 minute eco-horror of ambitious scope produced

A FIRE IN THE COLD SEASON a Tedious Slow Burn

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020ReviewA Fire in the Cold Season, Justin McCormack, Justin Oakley, Michaela Kurmisky, Stephen Oates

Justin Oakey has been crafting what both he and this site have described as “Newfoundland Noir”, dark and shadowy depictions of intense characters and situations among the stormy maritimes. Oakey follows up previous efforts Flankers

Screenwriter Karol Hoeffner on Cultural Appropriation

October 13, 2020October 12, 2020InterviewCultural Appropriation, Karol Hoeffner, Knee Deep

Aside from COVID-19, the year 2020 has been one of reckoning for how the western world deals with issues of race relations and the power structures that affect them. The wake of George Floyd’s murder

5 Movies that were BANNED in Canada

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020The Bottom Line, Today's Top StoriesA Clockwork Orange, Banned in Canada, Day of the Dead, Exit to Eden, The Tin Drum, Warrendale

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