When I began interviewing filmmakers one year ago, I had been writing screenplays, attended many pitch-fests, attended many film festivals and been to film school. I really thought I had a pretty good idea of
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Beyond National Aboriginal Day
National Aboriginal Day 2016 (June 21st) saw announcements of several initiatives that will work to give more of a voice, through film and other media, to the First Nations of this country. CBC Docs (via
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Changing a “Making It” Mentality to a Sustainable Career Mindset
As a screenwriting lecturer at a prestigious film school in the States, I sometimes hear my wonderful students talk grandly about “making it” in the film industry. Though their ambition is appreciated, a filmmaker’s focus
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Films That Really ARE Films (As in 35mm)
It looks as if 35mm not only will not die — but, even in this digital age, it’s back in force. Xavier Dolan’s Grand Prix-winning Juste la fin du monde was made “using his preferred
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The Toxic Cinema of Alain Marchant (Part II)
(The conclusion of a feature-length essay on Quebecois wunderkind, Alain Marchant, and his controversial body of work. In this segment, I examine his recent films, including a highly anticipated adaptation of Robert Francis Lafferty’s Canadian
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The Toxic Cinema of Alain Marchant
At one point during his infamous 2014 appearance on the CBC arts program Q, director and enfant terrible Alain Marchant set his sights squarely on English Canadian films, asserting: “You see our (Quebecois) cinema and
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