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DOXA: The Road Taken – Review

May 1, 2018May 6, 2018Documentaries, ReviewDOXA, Selwyn Jacob, The Road Taken

For what Canada lacks in fictional renderings of it’s people and places is more than made up for in our rich history of documentary filmmaking. From the prairie films of Manitoban farmer James Freer in

Loyalties – Review

April 24, 2018April 22, 2018ReviewKenneth Walsh, Loyalties, Susan Wooldridge, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Jackson

The decade of the 1980s saw a coming-of-age for Canadian cinema. Filmmakers who had cut their teeth on episodic television and National Film Board documentaries were beginning to mature and embark on more personal projects.

NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY: Rainbow War Review

April 17, 2018April 15, 2018ReviewGary Carre, Gillian Barber, Jonathon Pauline, National Canadian Film Day, Rainbow War, Saffron Henderson, Simon Webb

I was born three years too late to witness the groundbreaking event that was Expo 86. The last world’s fair to be held in North America was key in transforming Vancouver from a relatively sleepy

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Susannah of the Mounties – Review

April 10, 2018September 16, 2018ReviewHollywood's Canada, Maurice Moscovitch, Moroni Olsen, Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, Susannah of the Mounties

From 1935 to 1938, Hollywood’s number one box office draw was a little girl with curly hair, a winning smile and an Academy Award won at the tender age of 7. Legendary child actress Shirley

CANCON SEQUELS Part Two: Unfinished Business – Review

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018ReviewCancon Sequels, Don Owens, Peter Marks, Unfinished Business

A lot can happen in twenty years. One generation grows old and a new one grows up, often feeling the same angst in new circumstances. At times we vow never to end up like our

CANCON SEQUELS Part One: Nobody Waved Goodbye – Review

March 27, 2018March 25, 2018ReviewCancon Sequels, Don Owen, Jean Rouch, Michel Brault, Nobody Waved Goodbye, Peter Kastner

It’s difficult enough to get a single film developed, filmed and released here above the 49th Parallel and even tougher to get that film noticed. It’s even more astounding when a sequel to that film