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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Johnny Belinda

March 10, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewAgnes Moorehead, Charles Bickford, Hollywood's Canada, Johnny Belinda, Lew Ayres, Stephen McNally

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

VJFF Review – A Fish Tale floats along passionately

March 5, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewA Fish Tale, Emmanuelle Mayer, Johnny Anouko

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

Spending ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF NOAH PIUGATTUK

March 3, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewApayata Kotierk, Kim Bodina, One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, Zacharias Kunuk

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

Crimson Peak (Review)

February 26, 2020December 30, 2024ReviewCrimson Peak, Guillermo del Toro, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston

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

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Speeds Past Expectations

February 25, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewBen Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Sonic the Hedgehog

Much of what is seen onscreen in your average film is artifice in the service of realism. Actors pretend to be people they’re not, Production Designers erect true-to-life sets and Directors ultimately craft stories that

Nose to Tail serves up a heavy helping of Hardships

February 13, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewAaron Abrams, Jesse Zigelstein, Nose To Tail

Restaurants are not an easy business to operate. Or work in. From what I’ve heard, the service industry can cause some real inner struggles. Struggles are pretty apparent when we look to our protagonist, Daniel