This year’s Toronto International Film Festival has concluded, providing yet another slew of impressive showings and awards season favourites. From Martin McDonagh’s virtuosic black dramedy The Banshees of Inisherin, to Daniel Radcliffe’s fittingly oddball yet
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RABBA, TIFF, 752, SEPTEMBER 11 & THE CLINTON’S
September 11, 2001 is a day I will never forget. Twenty-one years ago the entire world lived through a documentary that was less than twenty minutes but its ramifications are still being felt. Two airplanes
Continue ReadingThe indigenous filmmakers bringing their stories to the big screen
Canadian cinema is benefiting from the diversity of its filmmakers to create new stories and bring minority lives to the big screen. Male-dominated genres from a female perspective Canadian directors are being given the freedom
Continue ReadingSexual Assault Charge Against Paul Haggis Swiftly Dropped by Italian Court
Six weeks ago, we here at Hollywood North Magazine, along with every other news outlet you can name, reported that Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer and director, Paul Haggis, who is originally from London, Ontario, had been
Continue ReadingPaul Haggis Arrested for Sexual Assault in Italy
Oscar-winning writer, director and producer, Paul Haggis, who hails from London, Ontario, is under house arrest in Italy after being accused of sexual assault by an unnamed woman. News broke yesterday shortly after Haggis, 69,
Continue ReadingDavid Cronenberg Expects Walkouts at Cannes Screening of His Latest Movie…And He Loves It
David Cronenberg is no stranger to controversy. A number of his earlier films unequivocally invited it. Indeed, much of the seasoned filmmaker’s work, particularly his extensive catalogue of horror classics, were developed with the implicit
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