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Lion, Garth Davis

Alex Heeney / December 12, 2016

Review: Lion is a cop-out as a lyrical fairy tale

Lion could have been a sophisticated exploration of identity and alienation but settles for being a disappointingly simple fairy tale. …

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Canada's Top Ten, See The North, Window Horses, Ann-Marie Fleming

Alex Heeney / September 10, 2016

Poetry and identity in NFB animated feature Window Horses

In Window Horses, writer-director Ann Marie Fleming gets very specific about the alienation her poet Rosie has experienced as a Chinese-Iranian Canadian, …

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Shahzad, Haya Waseem

Alex Heeney / September 10, 2016

Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short Shahzad set in Toronto

Pakistan-born, Toronto-based filmmaker Haya Waseem discusses her TIFF short film Shahzad, Seventh Row's pick for the best Canadian short at the festival. …

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Mountains May Depart

Alex Heeney / March 22, 2016

Mountains May Depart charts the consequences of youthful decisions

Told in three distinct parts over the course of 30 years, Mountains May Depart begins as a simple love triangle and expands, along with its aspect ratio, into a …

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Fatima

Gillie Collins / March 9, 2016

Fatima is a tender look at making a home in a new land

César Best Picture Winner Fatima meditates on language barriers and what it takes to become French. Gillie Collins reviews the film at Rendez-Vous with French …

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