A film barely one minute long can still leave a mark on cinema history. Evelyn Lambart’s O Canada, made at the National Film Board of Canada in 1952, did exactly that. The stereoscopic animation used
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The Toronto Homes That Keep Showing Up on Screen
Watch enough film and television and you develop a strange second sense about Toronto. A brick semi with a deep front porch appears in a series set in Boston. A centre-hall home with a wide
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Ginger Snaps (2000) : Canada’s Werewolf Tradition in Film
A creature attacks at night, the moon hangs over the neighbourhood, and the bite starts to change the person it marked. But director John Fawcett and screenwriter Karen Walton aimed at something stranger. The transformation
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A Film for Quiet Evenings: Why Falcon Lake Suits Viewers Who Skip Comedy
Not every night calls for laughter. Some evenings just want quiet — a story that doesn’t perform for attention, doesn’t rush toward a punchline, doesn’t ask to be impressive. Falcon Lake (2022) is built for
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Managing Irregular Income as a Freelancer in Canada’s Film Industry
The production has wrapped, but the final invoice still hasn’t cleared, and rent is due next week. Nobody has confirmed your next booking. Payday loans look convenient in that moment, yet paying one back can
Continue ReadingThe Discerning Canadian Audience Applies One Standard to Everything, On Screen and Off
Anyone who has sat through a TIFF press screening knows the moment a film loses the room. It is rarely the budget or the marquee cast that gives it away. It is the gap between
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