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VIFF: SEEDS Exhibits Thrilling, but Un-even Growth

September 24, 2024September 19, 2024ReviewDallas Goldtooth, Kaniehtiio Horn, Patrick Garrow, Seeds, VIFF

From almost the very moment pictures started to move, there has been a never-ending debate on the status of cinema as a respectable artform vs pure entertainment. Compare the Oscar nominations to the top box

Hollywood’s Canada: THE LOST MISSILE

September 17, 2024September 16, 2024ReviewRobert Loggia, The Lost Missile, William Berke

With thousands of downtown theatres, drive-ins, and television airwaves to fill, it behooved the independent film producer of the 1950s to keep costs down in order to pump out endless reels of popular entertainment for

TIFF: SWEET ANGEL BABY

September 10, 2024September 9, 2024ReviewElle-Máijå Tailfeathers, Melanie Oates, Michaela Kurimsky, Sweet Angel Baby, TIFF

One of my favourite films of the past year has been Christian Sparkes’ The King Tide, a striking thriller depicting how even the most tightly-knit communities can unravel when the tiniest thread is pulled. I

Tax Shelter Movies: IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024ReviewIt Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, John Candy, John Trent

“Was that Hortense?” “She looked pretty relaxed to me…” Fifty-five minutes and forty-eight seconds. That’s how far you’ll have to skip to in the runtime of John Trent’s limp 1975 comedy It Seemed Like a

10 MILES/HOUR: Reviewing a Short Film for the Sake of Expediency

August 27, 2024August 26, 2024Review10 Miles/Hour, Marcel Carriére, National Film Board of Canada

It’s rather rare for me to review short films in this column and when I do, it’s typically multiple shorts in the form of abbreviated capsule reviews. In addition, short films are typically only plentiful

CONSUMED is Good-looking, But Barely Worth Consuming

August 20, 2024August 19, 2024ReviewConsumed, Courtney Halverson, Devon Sawa, Mark Famigilietti

What exactly is it that possesses people to hike deep into the heart of the backcountry where danger in the form of wild animals, starvation, and exposure to the elements threaten survival around every corner?