285: 2024 TIFF Preview August 27, 2024 The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15th and we will be in town covering the fest. Here we preview our most anticipated… Continue Reading
284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival August 20, 2024 The 2024 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival just concluded and we discuss some of the films we watched, including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet,… Continue Reading
281: 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival July 2, 2024 The 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival has just concluded and we wrap up the best films that we saw during the run including Stay Mum, Missing and more. Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Classic Movies Live – Director Showdown – Round 1, Match 2 – Lynne Ramsay vs. Denis Villeneuve June 5, 2024 Welcome back to Director Showdown! In this series, we pit 64 of the biggest directors to debut since 1998 against each other in an… Continue Reading
280: Canadian Screen Awards 2024 June 4, 2024 The Canadian Screen Awards celebrate the best in film from Canada. We discuss the films that were nominated and won at this year’s ceremony. Continue Reading
276: Hot Docs 2024 May 7, 2024 We are covering the Hot Docs Film Festival, which celebrates the best in documentary films. We discuss 6 films watched during this year’s fest. Continue Reading
269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers February 20, 2024 We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On… Continue Reading
259: 2023 ImagineNATIVE November 14, 2023 ImagineNATIVE is the world’s biggest Indigenous film and arts festival. We discuss I’m Just Here For The Riot, Fancy Dance, Hey Viktor!, Tautuktavuk: What We See, Red, White and Brass and Inky Pinky Ponky. Continue Reading
252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up September 19, 2023 We wrap up this year’s Toronto International Film Festival by talking about the big hits and misses, our favourite films and the award winners. Joining the show to help us break it all down is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies. Jeff also contributed some festival movie reviews to Contra Zoom. Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Classic Movies Live – Season 4, Episode 15: Do Do-Over: The Hidden Fortress/Star Wars April 5, 2023 Do/Do-Over examines the similarities and differences between a film and its remake, or a film it heavily inspired. This time, we’re looking at the… Continue Reading
