Birdman

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Why Most Films Deserve a Second Viewing

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020OpinionBirdman, Freddy Got Fingered, Host to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Joker, Mulholland Drive, Second Viewing

Try to think of the most recent film you’ve seen, but only for the first time, and your impression of it. Did you feel lost at times? Were you unimpressed by seemingly mundane scenes? Did

Festivals and Filming in Ontario

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015Festivals, IndependentaluCine Festival, aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival, Anthony D. P. Mann, Birdman, Christmas Carol Anthony D. P. Mann, Citizenfour, Claudio Caldini, Cuban diasporic filmmakers, Lost Villages Museum, micro-budget Christmas Carol, Northwest Film Fest, Northwest Film Fest Thunder Bay, Selma, Sleeping Giant, Still Alice

Film festivals are breaking out all over Ontario, and a micro-budget musical is filming in the Cornwall area right now. In Toronto, aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival begins today, celebrating its 15th birthday

Daily Rushes for Last Tues of Feb

February 24, 2015July 31, 2019Daily RushesBirdman, Canadian Sniper, Oscars, Pixel Film Studios, Popcornflix, QuickFlics

Robert Fulford looks at “what we talk about when we talk about Birdman” in the National Post David Berry (same place) figures that if you can still call them “films”, you can also call them

Oscar Nominations of 2015

January 19, 2015July 31, 2019OpinionBirdman, Django Unchained, Selma, The Grand Budapest Hotel

With the Oscars having recently been announced, I have to personally say I’m quite surprised by some of the nominations. One of the major things that upset me is that Ava DuVernay’s film was nominated

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