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My Top 5 Canadian Directors

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018OpinionAtom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Directors, James Cameron, Sarah Polley, Top 5

Canadian cinema possesses an undeniably longstanding tradition, and has been home to some of the most significant and influential figures working in the industry today. Here is my list of the Top 5 Canadian Directors:

Jazz, Hippies and Mutant Kangaroos: A DGC Showcase

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018Filmmakers, InterviewAllan Harmon, Anne Wheelers, Backbone, Bye Bye Blues, DGC BC, Keepers of the Magic, Richard Martin, Tank Girl, Vancity Theatre, Vic Sarin, Zach Lipovsky

With the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) only weeks away, a new annual event has sprung up on our fall calendar with the Directors Guild of Canada BC District Showcase Weekend (say that five

#MAMM13 : Headstart to VAFF

September 10, 2018April 8, 2019FestivalsMAMM, short films, VAFF

Nothing is greater than a local film festival. But sometimes a local film festival becomes even more interesting when it brings a certain element of its city into it and centers the whole festival around

Review: Tulipani

September 6, 2018March 2, 2020ReviewKsenia Solo, Lidia Vitale, Michele Venitucci, Rita Montes, Tulipani

You can discover so many interesting backstories when you look back on the heritage of your ancestors. Before DNA tests got recently introduced, we had to do some research. Or just simply ask our parents.

The Abyss (Review)

September 5, 2018September 4, 2018ReviewEd Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Abyss

James Cameron is, arguably, the greatest cinematic export Canada has ever produced. To those dismayed at my previous statement, I say this from a purely cumulative perspective, as it becomes all the more difficult to

Trench 11 – Review

September 4, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewDylan Macleod, Rossif Sutherland, Trench 11

Canada has been rather unlucky in the war film genre. Canadians were all but erased from The Great Escape and homegrown war films like Passchendaele are few and far between given the great cost of producing them.