…reason that we published our ebook The 2019 Canadian Cinema Yearbook, which documents a year (or two) of great films to come out of the (illegitimate) state of Canada. In…
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Spencer: A visceral but flimsy portrait of Princess Diana
…inside Diana’s head is a double-edged sword. The condensed timeline that focuses on capturing Diana’s emotional state at the expense of biographical detail sets Spencer apart from other depictions of…
Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) is a character study about the grind of life under capitalism
…seems to describe Cassandre’s state of mind: she gives zero fucks about her work or her personal life, but there’s no off ramp for this cycle. Yet her work is…
Ep. 115: Revisiting The English Patient 25 years later
…The English Patient and its reviled Oscar legacy (7:10) The state of modern literary adaptations (15:50) Why we like the film (21:40) Almásy and Katherine/Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas…
Bootlegger, Albedo, The Boathouse and more fall highlights from so-called Canada
…the States to discover how mega-dams (not unlike Site C) are obstructing the migratory path of the salmon population. They soon find, too, that killer whales aren’t the only species…
Last of the Right Whales is a beautiful nature doc
…ecologist (Dr. Charles Mayo), a whale rescuer (Barb Zoodsma), and more to piece together the story of the state of the dwindling North Atlantic Right Whale population in its habitat…