After premiering at the Venice Film Festival, Bruce LaBruce’s Saint-Narcisse screened across Canada at Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. LaBruce talked to us about updating the Narcissus myth, tackling taboos, twincest, and taking inspiration from 1970s Quebec cinema. What if Narcissus looked into the pond and his reflection walked out of it so that they […]
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Antisemitism and more at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival
We recommend what to watch at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival this weekend, including When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and Antisemitism. Films are available across Ontario.
I Am Greta is part of the problem it portrays
Nathan Grossman’s I Am Greta about teen climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the story of the girl behind the figurehead but fails to take an interest in what matters most to her.
Food is the language of love in Coming Home Again
Wayne Wang’s Coming Home Again is a heartfelt story of a first generation Korean-American grieving as he takes care of his mother as she dies of cancer.
ImagineNative 2020 highlights great Indigenous films
The 2020 ImagineNative Film Festival is entirely online this year, and highlights include: Monkey Beach, Inconvenient Indian, and shorts like Lichen and Becoming Nakuset.
Shadow of Dumont: A road trip through familial Indigenous history
Trevor Cameron takes a road trip through the history of his great-great-uncle, Gabriel Dumont, in his documentary Shadow of Dumont.