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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

VIFF: I’M JUST HERE FOR THE RIOT Review

September 26, 2023September 22, 2023Review30 for 30, Asia Youngman, Boston Bruins, I'm Just Here For The Riot, Kathleen Jayme, Stanley Cup Riot, Vancouver Canucks

“I’m very, very disappointed and the only thing that can make up for it? Material goods and violence.” I was nowhere near Vancouver when the 2011 Stanley Cup riots took place. At that time, I

Dancing Arabs, Singing Sweethearts, Filmmaking Canadians

May 15, 2015May 15, 2015Today's Top StoriesAndrew Cividino, Ben's at Home, Big Muddy, Cannes, Dancing Arabs, Eran Riklis, Kathleen Jayme, Paradise Island, Patrice Messina's Sweethearts, Sleeping Giant

“Dancing Arabs is an unfortunate title,” says Chris Knight in The National Post, in contrast to the film’s director, Eran Riklis, who as we noted yesterday thinks it’s great. Knight goes on to say “no

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