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CANCON SEQUELS Part One: Nobody Waved Goodbye – Review

March 27, 2018March 25, 2018ReviewCancon Sequels, Don Owen, Jean Rouch, Michel Brault, Nobody Waved Goodbye, Peter Kastner

It’s difficult enough to get a single film developed, filmed and released here above the 49th Parallel and even tougher to get that film noticed. It’s even more astounding when a sequel to that film

Exclusive – Loretta Todd is an Award Winning Cree Filmmaker and Mentor

March 26, 2018March 30, 2018Exclusive, InterviewCoyote Science, Fierce Girls, Loretta Todd, Monkey Beach

I remember a time when talking to strangers wasn’t breaking a cardinal rule. People that barely knew you went out of their way to help. I miss those times because communication and good advice were

Loretta Todd is on a roll

March 22, 2018March 20, 2018AnnouncementsCoyote Science, Fierce Girls, IM4 Lab, Loretta Todd

In my coverage for VIWIFF, I mentioned a while back that there needs to be more indigenous productions. Well, it looks like those are happening. Indigenous filmmaker Loretta Todd has been making intense progress lately

Enemy (Review)

March 21, 2018March 20, 2018ReviewDenis Villeneuve, Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon

The shortest and sweetest reviews tend to be those written about films with little under the surface, but provide harmless entertainment leaving you smiling from ear-to-ear. Although my review of Denis Villeneuve’s 2013 release Enemy

Young People F*cking – Review

March 20, 2018March 17, 2018ReviewAaron Abrams, Callum Blue, Carly Pope, Diora Baird, Ennis Smer, Josh Cooke, Josh Dean, Kristin Booth, Natalie Lisinska, Peter Oldring, Sonja Bennett, Young People Fucking

Even if you aren’t aware of the contents of Bill C-10, you may recall the controversy it attracted a decade ago. A clause within called for tax credits to be denied for films that contained

Exclusive – Lottery Comes to Vancouver’s JFL Film Festival

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018Exclusive, InterviewLottery, Rodrigo Fernandez Stoll, Timothy Moore

Who doesn’t enjoy a good laugh? Well, maybe my neighbor down the hallway in my building. The one that checks his mail in his pajamas and slippers with his coffee cup in hand. He never