The Vancouver International Film Festival has come to a close, so I hopped on Zoom to talk with two friends and fellow film festival attendees,
There’s no denying that 2020 has been an abnormal year for film, and film festivals are by no means exempt from that. I sat down
ohn Ware Reclaimed is a look at one of the least told types of stories in Canada, that of black history. John Ware himself is a
Clark Backo is a star on the rise. Known for her roles in Letterkennyand Supernatural, she makes the jump to lead actor in Happy Place, the new adaption
Helen Shaver is kind of a big deal. This year alone, she has directed episodes of Westworld, Snowpiercer, and Lovecraft Country. She is a veteran of prestige TV and
At last, we have once again arrived at VIFF. This will be my third year covering the Vancouver International Film Festival, and even though attending
Bleed With Me is the first feature from Canadian director Amelia Moses. This slow-burn psychological horror film is rife with tension and atmosphere. As I said in
We can still get our dose of Christopher Nolan’s trademark brand of incredible practical action and obsession with time, though. The man has made eleven
Survival Skills is a film I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since I first watched it. A biting satire of police training, it
I love the movie-going experience. Sure, people can be jerks sometimes (*cough* turn your phone off *cough*), a man was even arrested for assaulting another moviegoer at
It’s been a good year for film because it’s always been a good year for film. I already posted my favourite films of the year but every
Well, folks here we are at the end of the year, and what a year it has been. As always, it’s been a particularly good
I know what you’re thinking: December 2019 is a weird time to write about my favourite films of 2018. You might be right, but also
Second, these choices are presented alphabetically except my favourite, which will come last. There are various reasons for this, but mostly it comes down to
[…] Star Wars was the culmination of George Lucas’ influences but the films that influenced the people making Star Wars movies today are Star Wars. Whether this is the