Skip to content

The Matinee

Cinematic Passion & Perspective

  • reviews
    • reactions
    • dvd doubleback
    • watchin’ & writin’
    • the decade so far
    • Review Index
  • podcasts
    • matineecast
    • film locker
    • guest spots
  • festivals
    • TIFF
    • hot docs
    • nxne
    • Toronto After Dark
    • toronto silent film festival
  • Ongoing Features
    • blind spot series
    • thoughts & opinions
    • the watchlist
    • links
    • falling for the first time
    • my back pages
    • essays
    • conversations
    • discussion
    • award talk
  • Contact Me
  • About Me

Tag: canadian

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SOLO plays TIFF 2023

Why choose between being handsome and gorgeous, when one can be both?

Posted on September 12, 2023September 11, 2023
festivals, reactions, TIFF

SCARBOROUGH plays TIFF 2021

Every major city in the world has a “Scarborough”

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021
festivals, reactions, TIFF

BEANS plays TIFF 2020

There’s something especially intense about coming of age during a crisis.

Posted on September 17, 2020September 16, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

VIOLATION plays TIFF 2020

A midnight madness selection examines the human capacity for cruelty.

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020
matineecast, podcasts, winchester chronicles

Winchester Chronicles no 6: STORIES WE TELL

Corey Atad joins The Sixth Dispatch to discuss STORIES WE TELL

Posted on June 1, 2020May 31, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

BELOW HER MOUTH plays TIFF 2016

April Mullen presents a pretty picture about love, sex, and the blank spaces in-between.

Posted on September 17, 2016September 24, 2016
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

WEREWOLF plays TIFF 2016

When a film rubs you the wrong way, is it because you don’t like it? Or because you don’t like how it makes you feel?

Posted on September 10, 2016September 13, 2016
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE EDITOR plays TIFF 2014

In the words of Spinal Tap: “There’s a fine line between clever and stupid”

Posted on September 14, 2014September 18, 2014
listy goodness

At The Hundredth Meridian: Great Modern Canadian Films in Honour of Canada Day

Celebrating homegrown talent from my home and native land.

Posted on July 1, 2014July 5, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

SELF(LESS) PORTRAIT plays Hot Docs 2014

It’s not just what people share about their lives, but how they share it.

Posted on April 26, 2014April 29, 2014
blind spot series

Blindsided by JESUS OF MONTREAL

Peace be with you: A reading from The Gospel according to Saint Denys…

Posted on March 25, 2014June 30, 2015
reviews

ENEMY

We all talk to our own reflections. What happens when the reflection starts talking back?

Posted on March 24, 2014March 29, 2014

Posts navigation

Older posts

Whatcha Lookin’ For?

Find Me & Follow Me

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Goodreads

Subscribe to the Matineecast

  • Spotify
  • Apple
  • Google

Straight Up

Enter your email address to receive new posts by email.

© 2025 The Matinee
Powered by WordPress / Theme by Design Lab