Episode 8 of our podcast begins our discussion on the best of 2018 Canadian Cinema, through the lens of Canada’s Top Ten Film List. In this episode, we discuss Anthropocene, Edge of the Knife, Firecrackers, The Fireflies are Gone, and Freaks. Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival releases a list of Canada’s ten best […]
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Ep. 4: Suspiria and Luca Guadagnino’s violent bodies
In the fourth episode of our film podcast, we talk about Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria and find unexpected connections between its gory violence and chaos, and Guadagnino’s more gentle works A Bigger Splash and Call Me By Your Name. Episode 4: Suspiria and Luca Guadagnino’s violent bodies In the fourth episode of our film podcast, we come to grips with […]
Interview: Falls Around Her centres a complex, middle-aged, Indigenous woman
Writer-director Darlene Naponse on Falls Around Her, making a film about an unconventional protagonist, capturing the beauty of a landscape through both visuals and sound, and the respect and care required to film on reservation land. This is an excerpt from the ebook The Canadian Cinema Yearbook which is available for purchase here.
Behind the Lens: The Miseducation of Cameron Post DP Ashley Connor
Placing The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Madeline’s Madeline side by side, it seems like DP Ashley Connor can do anything. Read more interviews with cinematographers in our Behind the Lens series.
Establishing Shots: Rebecca Addelman on her marriage drama, Paper Year
Rebecca Addelman discusses Paper Year, fictionalising her first marriage into her feature debut, which took years of rewrites, great casting, and generous collaboration.
Beatrice Behn on The Artist and the Pervert: ‘BDSM is a more conscious way of living’
The Artist and the Pervert directors Beatrice Behn and René Gebhardt on making a documentary that treats BDSM with good humour and respect.