Ally Pankiw’s I Used to Be Funny addresses coping with PTSD with a light touch, in this story of a struggling female comic.
Film Festivals
Joan Micklin Silver’s Chilly Scenes of Winter and women in the Criterion Collection
Alex Heeney reviews the new Criterion Collection Blu-Ray release of Joan Micklin Silver’s Chilly Sc.enes of Winter
Review: Other People’s Children is Rebecca Zlotowski’s best film
Alex Heeney reviews Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film Other People’s Children, about a woman approaching forty, trying to figure out how to be a parent when she may no longer be able to be a biological one.
Dr. Jules Koostachin’s Broken Angel, MisTik, and more at ImagineNative 2022
The 2022 ImagineNative Film Festival was a showcase for new talents: Dr. Jules Koostachin’s Broken Angel and MisTik, and Gail Maurice’s ROSIE.
TIFF Review: The Swearing Jar is an existential crisis film with two romances
Lindsay Mackay’s second feature film, The Swearing Jar, is an existential crisis film with two romances.
Festival du nouveau cinema is a haven for cinephiles
The 2022 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma put on a spotlight on eclectic and avant grade films still seeking international distribution, like Coma, The Maiden, and Continental Drift (South).