Reviews: I’m Just Here For The Riot From Hot Docs 2023 May 6, 2023 Final Rating: 4/5 On June 15th 2011 the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals 4-0 to the Boston Bruins, allowing… Continue Reading
Reviews: July Talk: Love Lives Here from Hot Docs 2023 May 4, 2023 When the pandemic hit, Canadian rock band July Talk put on two concerts at a drive-in and they documented the process. Continue Reading
Reviews: Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun from Hot Docs 2023 May 3, 2023 Before the Sun follows a young Indigenous woman as she tries to break out in the tough world of Indian Relay Racing. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Grizzlie Truth from VIFF 2022 October 7, 2022 Final Rating: 3.5/5 I’m a basketball fan. But I am from Toronto and didn’t start following the sport until I was in college, around… Continue Reading
Reviews: Viking from VIFF 2022 October 5, 2022 Final Rating: 4/5 Viking is a new science fiction satire from Québecois writer and director Stéphane Lafleur. The film is about how the first… Continue Reading
Reviews: Brother from VIFF 2022 October 3, 2022 Final Rating: 5/5 Brother opens with one of the most electrifying scenes ever put to film. Sure the scene literally takes place at a… Continue Reading
Reviews: Black Ice from VIFF 2022 October 2, 2022 Final Rating: 3/5 To the outside world, watching hockey feels like watching a white person’s sport. Teams rarely have more than one or two… Continue Reading
Reviews: Bones of Crows from VIFF 2022 September 30, 2022 Final Rating: 4/5 Marie Celements is back at the Vancouver International Film Festival, her latest film Bones of Crows opened the 41st edition of… Continue Reading
Reviews: Compulsus from Fantasia Festival 2022 August 9, 2022 Final Rating: 3/5 Compulsus takes the rage that many women have towards abusers, the patriarchy and institutions that protect aggressors and attacks it with… Continue Reading
Reviews: Topology of Sirens from Fantasia Festival 2022 July 25, 2022 Final Rating: 4/5 Topology of Sirens is an experimental film about experimental music. It is a cross between slow burning transcendental cinema and a… Continue Reading