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JFL: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS a Curiously Lifeless Comedy

February 19, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewColin Friesen, Ibar Lavi, John Bluether, Justin Bartha, Sorry For Your Loss

It’s a rather cruel irony when you don’t really get to know someone until after they’re gone. Even then, can you really reconcile any differences with someone who is no longer around to answer for

JFL – To Hell and Back with Richard Lett in NEVER BE DONE

February 12, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewJFL, Just For Laughs, Never Be Done, Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story, Richard Lett

It’s somewhat of a cruel irony that the funniest clowns among us are also some of the saddest souls on earth. Some of the most side-splitting comedic material comes from the deepest depths of pain,misery

TALENT ON TAP: Catching Wesley MacInnes in a COLD PURSUIT

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019InterviewCold Pursuit, Talent On Tap, Wesley MacInnes

One would normally want to stay out of Liam Neeson’s way given the body count his characters typically accumulate films like the Takenfranchise. But Vancouver’s own Wesley MacInnes is more than happy to face the

BC Filmmakers Take Centre Stage at VANCOUVER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019Festivals#keepitshort, #vsff19, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

For the first two decades of cinema, all films were short films; often clocking in at twenty minutes or less. As the form and storytelling evolved, most cinematic stories have since settled on a standard

WAITING FOR CAROLINE Not Worth The Wait

January 22, 2019July 8, 2025ReviewAlexandra Stewart, Francois Tassé, Robert Howay, Sharon Acker, Waiting for Caroline, William Needles

Since long before our founding as a nation, Canada has long struggled to reconcile between two distinct halves: one English, one French. In the last half century especially, there’s been an on-again, off-again desire among

THE FIRELIES ARE GONE in Smalltown Quebec

January 15, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewKarelle Tremblay, Luc Picard, Pierre Luc-Brillant, Sébastien Pilote, The Fireflies Are Gone

While the law in most jurisdictions has one become an adult upon turning 18, the road to adulthood in everyday life is a lot more winding. Young women often mature earlier than men and seem