Filmmaker and graphic designer Greg Durrell’s documentary Design Canada looks at homegrown artistic talents and their most famous creations, some of which the average Canadian will see multiple times a …
Protecting social media from the likes of hate speech, distressing images, terrorist ideologies, bullying, and fake news while preserving freedom of speech and artistic expression has always been a slippery …
The high concept “based on a true story” comedy Tag starts off refreshingly like a more genteel and heartfelt reworking of The Hangover, but gradually the film’s manic energy, goodwill, …
Although lacking in the grit and stakes of Gordon Parks Jr.’s 1972 blaxploitation classic, music video veteran Director X’s modernist updating of Superfly for the trap rap era isn’t without …
A quietly restrained emotional rollercoaster contained within an in-depth sociological case study, the documentary Becoming What I Was offers a look into the scars left behind for an entire uprooted …
We take a look at some of the selections from this year’s Breakthroughs Film Festival, the only screening series of its kind in Canada to look exclusively at the short …
Beast, writer-director Michael Pearce’s unlikely mash-up of a rural romantic drama and a serial killer film, is haunting, disturbing, and remarkably nuanced.
True crime and courtroom drama aficionados might already be familiar with the comprehensive, landmark documentary The Staircase, and if they aren’t, they should get acquainted with it immediately.
On an entertainment level, Incredibles 2 is the most satisfying major studio blockbuster of the summer movie season thus far. On a storytelling level, it’s a sequel that’s virtually on …
We catch up with British writer-director Michael Pearce to talk about his debut feature Beast (opening in select Canadian cities on Friday, June 15), a moral and thrilling relationship drama …