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VSFF: Securing a SWEET RELEASE with Meeshelle Neal

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020InterviewMeeshelle Neal, Sweet Release, VSFF

The right to die with dignity has re-surfaced in the news lately with Canada’s assisted suicide Bill C-14 set to undergo amendments after a public consultation period. This has effectively re-ignited the conversation around death

VSFF: HATCH-ing a Personal Tale with Heather Perluzzo

January 14, 2020January 13, 2020InterviewHatch, Heather Perluzzo

Heather Perluzzo has been quite busy lately. In the past two years alone, she’s directed eight short films (five of which were also written by her) as well as worked in AD and Camera department

THE SONG OF NAMES Sings a Melancholy Tale of Closure

January 7, 2020February 5, 2020ReviewClive Owen, François Girard, Norman Lebrecht, Stanley Townsend, The Song of Names, Tim Roth

The work of two classical music mavens collides as Québécois director François Girard adapts commentator-turned-novelist Norman Lebrecht’s The Song of Names for the screen. Those who haven’t haunted the symphony in a while need not

Critic’s Choice: Top 5 of 2019

December 31, 2019December 17, 2019Opinion, Review2019, AMI, Canadian Strain, Harpoon, John Wick 3: Parabellum, The Grizzlies, This Mountain Life, Top 5, Who Let The Dogs Out

As we wrap up the last decade before the roaring 20s return, I found myself with an even longer list of quality titles to choose from making my task of narrowing down a Top 5

STAND! Strikes Out as a Musical Drama

December 24, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewGregg Henry, Laura Slade Wiggins, Marshall Williams, Stand

You’re more likely to find a sales associate at Canadian Tire than you are to encounter a musical among the many genres on offer in Canadian Cinema. After the sorry attempt that was Score: A

WFF: CANADIAN STRAIN Delivers a Timely Homegrown Tale

December 17, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewCanadian Strain, Geordie Sabbagh, Jess Salgueiro, Naomi Snieckus

It was only just recently with another Whistler Film Festival entry that I found myself yet again bemoaning the continued Americanization of our taxpayer-funded Canadian content. It’s been endlessly frustrating to see local locations and