The film business is a tough nut to crack for any director, with many of the most talented directors making their feature film debut in their thirties, or maybe even late twenties if they are
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Mommy (Review)
Mommy, Xavier Dolan’s 2014 film, retreads the same ground I Killed My Mother successfully tackled. “Steve” is a troubled youth, and his equally troubled mother, “Die”, struggles to make ends meet. Correctional institutions, teenage rebelliousness,
Continue ReadingI Killed My Mother (Review)
Xavier Dolan’s directorial debut is a mixture of teenage angst, foresight, empathy, and most importantly it’s a work that is semi-autobiographical. I Killed My Mother is the story of a 17-year-old, conflicted young man. He
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A New High for Canada
Canada and its film industry have received considerable attention in the last two years, first with the Oscar-nominated film Room, starring Brie Larson and the young Jacob Tremblay, and more recently at the 2016 Cannes
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Films That Really ARE Films (As in 35mm)
It looks as if 35mm not only will not die — but, even in this digital age, it’s back in force. Xavier Dolan’s Grand Prix-winning Juste la fin du monde was made “using his preferred
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Relief and Real Film at Cannes
It’s well known by now that Xavier Dolan said it was a “relief” to win the Grand Prix at Cannes for Juste la fin du monde — after what some critics had to say about
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