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Time Travel, Snow and Other Surprises at 2019 WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL

December 10, 2019December 9, 2019FestivalsAdrian Glynn McMorran, Ana Golja, Andrew Dunbar, Jonas Chernik, Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Sergio Navarretta, Shauna Hardy Mishaw, Simon Pegg, Tony Dean Smith, WFF19, Whistler Film Festival, Zach Lipovsky

“We’re recognized as Canada’s coolest film festival.” Whistler Film Festival founder and executive director Shauna Hardy Mishaw proudly states as we chat at the expansive Whistler Conference Centre. “They grabbed onto that quote and now

WFF: HAMMER Thrills As Well as Provokes

December 3, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewBen Cotton, Dayle McLeod, Hammer, Mark O'Brien, Will Patton

It seems Newfoundland-born actor Mark O’Brien’s characters just can’t catch a break. After suffering mayhem at the hands of recent genre fare such as Bad Times at the El Royale and Ready or Not, O’Brien

WFF: SB Edwards Invites Audiences To FALL BACK DOWN

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019InterviewFall Back Down, Punk RomCom, SB Edwards

Fall Back Down may be “Canada’s first punk rock love story” according to the Whistler Film Festival program and dual New Zealander/Canadian Sara Beth Edwards may be just what the emerging genre ordered. In her

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Northern Pursuit

November 19, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewErrol Flynn, Helmut Dantine, Hollywood's Canada, John Ridgely, Northern Pursuit

While there was plenty of action in the European and Pacific Theatres to keep Axis forces occupied in WWII both in real life and on-screen, it seems the Nazis just couldn’t keep their paws off

Real Life Heroes Fly High in MIDWAY

November 12, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewEd Skrein, Keenan Johnson, Luke Evans, Real Life Heroes, WWII

Nearly 75 years after its end, World War II continues to prove fertile ground for Hollywood storytelling. With clear-cut heroes and villains and lacking the controversy and baggage of later wars in Asia and the

Discovering PORKY’S

November 5, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewAlex Karras, Chuck Mitchell, Porky's, Roger Wilson

Long after he made the snow-covered streets run red in Black Christmas and just prior to lensing the nostalgia-fest Christmas Story, American-born director Bob Clark utilized Canada’s generous tax-shelter film policy once again to bring