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
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Gatherings 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
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HOLLYWOOD’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
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VJFF 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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Spending ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOAH PIUGATTUK
From inaccurate documentary depictions (Nanook of the North, various NFB works) to the endless development hell of Mordecai Richler’s Atuk, the Inuit people haven’t had an easy time of it on film. While much progress
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Crimson Peak (Review)
Over the years filmmaker supreme Guillermo del Toro has proven to be quite taken with Canada as a shooting location, or more specifically Ontario. His latest film, The Shape of Water, was filmed entirely in
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