One of my favourite Canadian films of recent years was 2015’s Room, the harrowing story of a young boy imprisoned with his mother for the first five years of his life before being freed and
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New Woman – Mini-Review
Period pieces can be a difficult type of concept to pull off for a short film. It requires a lot of money to make a lot of props and costumes to fit the certain period
Continue ReadingJohnny Ma Gives Us Good Reason TO LIVE TO SING
It’s no surprise to anyone in the creative arts how precious performing and exhibition space can be. As real estate booms and condos grow, it can become increasingly hard for small performing arts companies to
Continue ReadingGatherings brings people together – Series Review
Does anyone know what it’s like living in a rural area? I for one see some of that occasionally in Canadian small towns, but not too many places. Nothing provides a good look of a
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Johnny Belinda
Most of the films I’ve covered in the course of this column tend to fall among the high adventure or thriller genres.Golden Age Hollywood didn’t seem all that predisposed to use the Great White North
Continue ReadingVJFF Review – A Fish Tale floats along passionately
Israel, Israel. The home of many young couples. In this documentary the focus is one young couple named Johnny and Therese Anouko from Ghana who planned to live there so they could soon live a
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