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Spending ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOAH PIUGATTUK

March 3, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewApayata Kotierk, Kim Bodina, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Zacharias Kunuk

From inaccurate documentary depictions (Nanook of the North, various NFB works) to the endless development hell of Mordecai Richler’s Atuk, the Inuit people haven’t had an easy time of it on film. While much progress

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Speeds Past Expectations

February 25, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewBen Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Sonic the Hedgehog

Much of what is seen onscreen in your average film is artifice in the service of realism. Actors pretend to be people they’re not, Production Designers erect true-to-life sets and Directors ultimately craft stories that

Crazy 8s: Bruna Arbex Shows Audience That THIS IS A PERIOD PIECE

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020InterviewBruna Arbex, This is a Period Piece

It’s easy to forget in this bountiful internet age that basic info about everyday life problems were once harder to come by. If you weren’t up for a trip to the library in those pre-online

RABID Remade

February 11, 2020February 7, 2020ReviewBen Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Laura Vandervoort, Mackenzie Gray, Rabid, Ted Atherton

“Why do we insist on remaking tired concepts?” an off-screen character intones as the Soska Sisters’ latest effort lampshades itself right from the get-go. Canada has little in the way of popular screen titles even

Dusting Off Cronenberg’s STEREO

February 4, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Jack Messinger, Ronald Mlodzik, Stereo

The experimental film does not lend itself well to critical analysis. They don’t so much push boundaries as break through them entirely while killing the border guards for good measure. As such, they are wide

VSFF: Reflections on a Short Film Retrospective

January 28, 2020January 26, 2020FestivalsCypher, Gong Ju, The Bouake Hustle, The Camera Man, Through the Pane, VSFF

As the Lunar New Year rung in in and Robbie Burns Day broke out the haggis, there was yet another event to keep you and your crew busy this weekend, the Vancouver Short Film Festival.