Calgary Underground Film Festival
There's Never Been a Music Documentary Like 'Pavements'
Directed by Alex Ross Perry
PUBLISHED May 23, 2025
Music docs are inherently self-aggrandizing, and the idea of Pavement celebrating themselves with an official documentary contradicts the...
CUFF 2025: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House' Follows the Expected Beats
Directed by Elegance Bratton
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
The history of house music begins with the death of disco. As is the case with every trend, the synth-y beats of disco showed signs of...
CUFF 2025: 'Eephus' Is a Sweetly Nostalgic Home Run
Directed by Carson Lund
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
There's a gentle rhythm to baseball that mirrors a quiet summer evening around a bonfire — it's cooling off but the day's humidity still...
CUFF 2025: 'Shadow of God' Exorcises Trauma with Artful Style
Directed by Michael Peterson
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025
Led by a strong performance from Mark O'Brien, 'Shadow of God' shifts the balance of the exorcist premise while giving winks and nods to...
15 Must-Attend Canadian Film Festivals That Aren't TIFF
PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2024
The Toronto International Film Festival has been a fixture on the calendars of movie fans around the world, and while we love booking it fr...
'BlackBerry' Is a Quintessentially Canadian Story of Innovation and Inferiority
Directed by Matt Johnson
PUBLISHED May 8, 2023
The BlackBerry is long obsolete in the current technological landscape, and yet it remains one of the most important inventions of the 21st...
CUFF Review: 'Mister Organ' Exposes Everyday Sociopathy
Directed by David Farrier
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2023
David Farrier can't seem to stay away from the disturbing. The New Zealand journalist and documentarian is perhaps best known outside his h...
'Meet Me in the Bathroom' Shows the Sweet Side of Indie Sleaze
Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2022
If there's one thing that unites the very different-sounding buzz bands that emerged from New York in the early '00s, it's their swaggering...