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The Grand Seduction (Review)

October 17, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewBrendan Gleeson, Don McKellar, Ken Scott, Michael Dowse, Taylor Kitsch, The Grand Seduction

Now and again there comes a film whose charm in one moment makes you want to hug it, yet its frustrations make you want to throttle it the next. Such was my experience with Don

VIFF: Kingsway a satisfying drive through west coast family drama

October 16, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewBruce Sweeney, Camille Sullivan, Colleen Rennison, Gabrielle Rose, Jeff Gladstone, Kingsway

Anyone who has made the drive from Vancouver to Burnaby is likely to be familiar with the diagonal thoroughfare that cuts through the orderly street grid. Originally built to connect Vancouver with New Westminster, Kingsway

Exclusive – VIFF Embraces Rob Stewart – Sharkwater Extinction

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018Exclusive, InterviewBrock Cahill, Julie Anderson, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater Extinction

You will meet people in your life that will feel like vessels of change. After they come into your life, they will fill that empty space you had reserved for the moment you told yourself,

Anthem of a Teenage Prophet – VIFF Review

October 11, 2018March 2, 2020ReviewAlex MacNicoll, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet, Cameron Monaghan, Grayson Gabriel, Peyton List, VIFF

Premiering alongside the awards ceremony, (and the next day at the Vancouver Playhouse) came a truly spectacular film based off a book with a similar name. It’s not your average teen coming of age film

Sleeping Giant (Review)

October 10, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewJackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett, Sleeping Giant

If a filmmaker attempts a coming-of-age story, and their name is not John Hughes, then they are facing an immediate uphill struggle toward sincere originality. This makes it all the more refreshing, then, when I

VIFF: Level 16 delivers gritty sci-fi with some timely themes

October 9, 2018February 5, 2020InterviewCelina Martin, Danishka Esterhazey, LEVEL 16, Sara Canning, VIFF

It has been a stellar year at VIFF for female talent with standouts including Carly Stone’s superb Gen-Z romcom The New Romantic (reviewed here) and the stellar cast of Bruce Sweeny’s Kingsway featuring Leo-worthy turns from Camille