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Back Home Sends you on a journey of discovery

November 28, 2022November 21, 2022ReviewBack Home, Josh Platzer, Nisha Platzer

It’s interesting what lengths you have to go to figure out somebody’s life story, especially when they’re in your family and don’t know everything you expected to know about them. Just ask Nisha Platzer. She

THE MANNY: Certainly Tubi, But Hardly an “Original”

November 22, 2022November 21, 2022ReviewAshton Ayres, Brendan Morgan, Jamaal Grant, Joanne Jansen, L.A. Sweeney, The Manny

I’ve worked in post-production on the humble “Movie-of-the-Week” (MOW), the workhorse of the Canadian film/TV industry for many years now. I’ve seen them shot, assembled, re-worked, mixed, and scored as they evolve into products for

SCOOPING UP ROSIE

November 17, 2022November 10, 2022ReviewAlex Trahan, Constant Bernard, Keris Hope Hill, Melanie Bray, Rosie

We’ve seen this type of story before. Whether it was from the funny pages in the 1930’s newspapers with the story of little Orphan Annie or a more modernized take on the subject with the

TEHRANTO a Bittersweet Slice of Modern Love

November 15, 2022November 14, 2022ReviewFaran Moradi, Mo Zeighami, Sammy Azero, Tehranto

If the Romeo and Juliet scenario seems to have been done to death, it’s only because it is a truly universal story that cuts across cultures to the core of who we are as a

Man and Fish (Mini-Review)

November 7, 2022November 3, 2022ReviewMan and Fish, Reangsei Phos

If they say dog is man’s best friend, is fish a casual acquaintance? One should wonder. In this super short film by Reangsei Phos, a man (Michael Sui) sits alone with a fish tank that

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER Generates Little Empathy

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022ReviewAdam Butcher, Katie Boland, Martha Burns, We're All In This Together

Unlike novels, films tend to have many authors, with multiple creative craftspeople leaving their mark on the final product under a unified vision. Nonetheless, some films are demonstrably more personal than others and this is