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Early Reviews for the Latest Alex Garland Movie, Warfare, Led by D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Highly Praise it as “Honest, Harrowing, Intense and Powerful,” Hinting at What Might Be One of the Best War Films in Years

March 19, 2025March 24, 2025The Bottom LineAlex Garland, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Warfare

Alex Garland might be 23 years into his illustrious career as a filmmaker, but he’s certainly showing no signs of slowing down. Initially establishing himself as an author in the 1990s, Garland would go on

The Cinematic Allure of Slots in Canadian Films

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025The Bottom Line

Discover the intriguing role of slot machines in Canadian cinema, where these gaming elements enhance narratives and create memorable movie moments. This article delves into the unique intersection of storytelling and gaming within the film

Documenting Truths: The Hot Docs Audience Award Winners That Shaped Canadian Perspectives

March 4, 2025March 3, 2025The Bottom LineCanadian documentaries, documentaries, Hot Docs

The unchanging power of documentary films is their ability to reflect and shape social views, providing a glimpse in the intimate convincingly that completely different experiences are on the very same. That is done right

Unconventional Cinema: The Weirdest Movies Filmed in Canada

February 25, 2025February 24, 2025The Bottom LineArchangel, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Brandon Cronenberg, Cube, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Pontypool, Professor, Psycho Goreman, The Brood, The Forbidden Room, The Saddest Music in the World, Weird, Wolfcop

Canada has been turning out films that push the storytelling, aesthetics, and genre conventions to their extremes since the dawn of time. Like Hollywood is to mainstream Cinema, Canada has become noted for having a

Hidden Filming Locations in Vancouver

February 11, 2025February 10, 2025The Bottom LineCommercial Drive, Deep Cove, Downtown Vancouver, Filming Locations, Gastown, Grouse Mountain, Lonsdale Quay, Stanley Park

Vancouver is known as a go to for movie makers because of its stunning landscapes and urban spaces. The city has become ‘Hollywood North’ with blockbuster films, TV shows and commercials. However, Vancouver has other

Snowbound Thrillers: How Canada’s Harsh Winters Shaped Its Psychological Horror Genre

February 4, 2025February 3, 2025The Bottom LineBlack Christmas, Canadian Horror Films, Frozen, Horror, Indigenous Stories, Pontypool, The Brood, The Colony, Winter

Canada’s winters are harsh, cold, isolating and in some cases, deadly. It has created a psychological horror genre that is obsessed with isolation, paranoia, and the slow unraveling of the mind in this extreme environment.

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