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Take This Waltz and Paper Year are two standout Canadian films exploring the end of a marriage with empathy and emotional complexity. We discuss the film’s complex characters, considerate direction, and Canadianess

Ashley McKenzie’s 2016 film Werewolf, about drug addiction and dependent relationships, was one of the most exciting directorial debuts of the 2010s.

This episode compares recent hit Normal People and site favourite On Chesil Beach, which both feature couples failing to communicate.

Sanja Zivkovic on depicting mental illness on screen, how she directed her two talented lead actresses, and crafting the aesthetics of Easy Land.

This episode compares two political satires about nations on the bring of war, Armando Iannucci’s modern classic In the Loop and Canadian unseen gem Philippe Falardeau’s My Internship in Canada.

Kitty Green discusses crafting the sound design of The Assistant by recording office sounds and using them to create tension and discomfort.

This episode is on Stories We Tell, Louder Than Bombs, and Mouthpiece, formally expressive explorations of grief, memory, and subjectivity.

Carlo Mirabella-Davis discusses Swallow, his prescient film about isolation and self-destruction.

In our interview with Jeff Barnaby, he discusses his zombie film about colonialism, Blood Quantum, telling Indigenous stories through genre, and working as his own editor and composer

This episode discusses Jeff Barnaby’s new Indigenous zombie film, Blood Quantum in conversation with his modern classic, Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013)

BFI Flare 2020 took place entirely online. Orla Smith highlights Dungarees (dir. Abel Rubinstein) and Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (dir. Sam Feder) as the best of the online festival.

In this episode, special guest Debbie Zhou joins us to discuss what defines the Australian Western, featuring True History of the Kelly Gang, Sweet Country, and The Dressmaker.