In case you haven’t been following, my posts in “The Real Thing” series have been snapshot previews of the films I’m most looking forward to seeing at the Hot Docs festival. With the previous three, I was going on brief synopsis and reputation. But for this fourth entry, for DISH: WOMEN, WAITRESSING, & THE ART…
CHLOE
Toronto never looks this good – and that’s coming from someone who lives here.
My Hometown (CHLOE Trailer)
After a seemingly endless run of written pieces, I can’t tell you how much joy it brings me to post a trailer…or as I call it, “phoning it in”. Today’s flick is hitting theatres very soon. “Soon” is as quickly as next week for some, but an additional week for me. I find this fact…
We Are The Champions
Today, I Feel Like This!
PONTYPOOL
I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’m not in touch with Canadian cinema the way I should be. For this reason, brilliance like PONTYPOOL gets past me like a slow wobbling lob-in from the red line. Already on DVD in Canada, and hitting DVD shelves Stateside later this month, PONTYPOOL is a thriller from director…
PASSCHENDAELE
As we near the hundredth anniversary of WWI, filmmakers have found a desire to remind us of the hells we might have forgotten.
TIFF Reaction – FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING
Just before the lights dimmed, I wondered why a smaller film about the IRA struggles would choose a title so similar to a famously Oscar-nominated movie? These are the things that pass through my sleep deprived brain these days. Fifteen years ago, it felt like every month there was a new IRA film hitting screens.…