film reviews
'Retrograde' Is Barely a Movie, and It's Great
Directed by Adrian Murray
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
For his second feature film, Canadian writer and director Adrian Murray tests the boundaries of just how mundane and ordinary a movie plot...
'Fool's Paradise' Is as Superficial as the Industry It Tries to Parody
Directed by Charlie Day
PUBLISHED May 12, 2023
Charlie Day has always come across as a reluctant Hollywood star. Listen to (or creep) an episode of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...
'The Maiden' Is a Dream-Like Voyage Toward Loss and Grief
Directed by Graham Foy
PUBLISHED May 10, 2023
It's an obvious comparison, but it's hard to shake the Stand by Me vibes in the opening moments of The Maiden. Two teenage boys, Colton (Ma...
'STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie' Takes Viewers Back to the Past of One of Canada's Greats
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
PUBLISHED May 9, 2023
Born in Edmonton and raised in Burnaby, BC, Michael J. Fox is a national treasure. His self-effacing, boyish charms and good looks made him...
The Inspiring 'Twice Colonized' Is Both Heartrending and Buoyant
Directed by Lina Alluna
PUBLISHED May 9, 2023
Lin Alluna's Twice Colonized follows renowned Inuk lawyer and activist Aaju Peter in her persistent battle for Indigenous rights. Specifica...
'Class of '09' Is Too Unrefined to Be Great
Created by Tom Rob Smith
PUBLISHED May 9, 2023
We live in perilous times. As a society, we are grappling with subjects previously only found under the purview of science fiction, the con...
'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...
'Pure Unknown' Traces the Struggle for Dignity in Death
Directed by Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo
PUBLISHED May 8, 2023
Valentina Cicogna and Mattia Colombo's Pure Unknown begins with the rushing of water, swift and almost glowing, throwing off a soft light t...