Totalitarian Governments. Consumerism in the modern day. The vague culture of our lifestyle. Obliviousness is the factor among modern day Americans who don’t notice what’s become of their society. In this documentary by Amanda Zackem, we
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The Square (VIFF Review)
Squares, squares. Everywhere. How square can I get? I guess we’ll find out as I review this amazing artistic movie. Starring Claes Bang as Christian, the curator of an art museum going on with his
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Breathe (VIFF Review)
People need to breathe in order to stay alive. That’s part of the concept of this movie. This movie is also the story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diane (Claire Foy), not exactly two American
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Those Ties that Bind (VIFF Review)
The subject of this column of short films is love. A close personal bond you can form with somebody in your life. Once you get to know them well enough. Each short film has different
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Meditation Park (VIFF Review)
Named after a park in Vancouver. A small park, really. Filmed around a different park in Vancouver. A larger park, really. The story really takes place inside a Chinese family household where everything is pretty
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Paterson (VIFF Review)
Jim Jarmusch always works style over structure; however that doesn’t mean style over substance. In Paterson, all we get is substance. Adam Driver plays Paterson, a bus driver living in Paterson, whose bus route runs
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