Manitoban filmmaker Rhayne Vermette’s Ste. Anne is a fascinating directorial debut — a loosely constructed tapestry of hypnotic sounds and grainy cinematography, and an enigmatic 80-minute experience that operates in pure abstraction. Unfolding a series …
Canadian Film
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FantasyReviews
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Kicking Blood’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesCinema has given us many incarnations and interpretations of the vampire mythos since F.W Murnau’s Nosferatu almost a century ago. We’ve seen them portrayed as everything from baroque aristocrats, mindless parasitic monsters, mysterious outsiders in …
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DocumentaryReviews
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Archipelago’
by Liam Trumpby Liam TrumpAnimation is a powerful tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. Sure, many of the most popular and successful animated films are under the ‘kids’ movies’ banner, but there are many which take on thought-provoking, introspective ideas. …
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HorrorReviews
FrightFest Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Dangerous to Know’
by Lisa Geurtsby Lisa GeurtsWriter’s Note: the following discussion of Dangerous to Know includes brief mentions of suicide. It is difficult not to be utterly impressed by Dangerous to Know. The film is an ultimate passion project, made almost entirely by director …
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Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother. Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter …
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HorrorReviews
‘Random Acts of Violence’ is a Grisly Critique of Horror Entertainment
by Nick Kushby Nick KushThe most ingenious line from Wes Craven’s Scream (among many other great soundbites from a continually prescient movie) is Billy Loomis noting, “movies don’t create psychos, movies make psychos more creative.” Jay Baruchel’s Random Acts …
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When it comes to Canadian directors, I am almost ashamed to say that I only know two of them. First, there is Denys Arcand whose Les Invasions Barbares deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Foreign …