The 2022 ImagineNative Film Festival was a showcase for new talents: Dr. Jules Koostachin's Broken Angel and MisTik, and Gail Maurice's ROSIE. As the …
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Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
The 2022 ImagineNative Film Festival was a showcase for new talents: Dr. Jules Koostachin's Broken Angel and MisTik, and Gail Maurice's ROSIE. As the …
[Read more...] about Dr. Jules Koostachin’s Broken Angel, MisTik, and more at ImagineNative 2022
Alex Heeney reviews Lindsay Mackay's second feature film, The Swearing Jar, an existential crisis film with two romances. There’s a scene in Patricia …
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Alex Heeney reflects back on the 17 best films at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF 2022), including two short films. After two …
Alex Heeney reviews Sinéad O’Shea’s film Pray for Our Sinners, a heart-wrenching documentary about the quiet resistance to Catholic rule in …
Alex Heeney reviews Malou Reymann's feature film debut, Unruly, which had its world premiere at TIFF 22. Set in 1930s Denmark, mostly on Sprøgo island, which …
[Read more...] about Unruly Film Review: women battle patriarchy and eugenics in 1930s Denmark
Alex Heeney reviews writer-director Gunnar Vikene’s film War Sailor, which is the best kind of war movie: a character drama that happens amidst war, focusing …