December 22, 2022film reviewDissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi skewers his Iranian jailers with the sharp, sly No Bears 3 min read
December 2, 2022Calgary filmmaker Vicki Van Chau offers a visual feast with her celebration of Chinese culture 3 min read
September 8, 2022film reviewThrow the ghoulish Disney+ Pinocchio remake into the wood chipper3 min read
August 11, 2022Stories about youth, queer culture, romance dominate Canadian TIFF lineupDavid Friend5 min read
May 7, 2022Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award2 min read
February 23, 2022obituarySinger-guitarist Dallas Good created powerful cosmic-country rock with the Sadies8 min read
January 25, 2022At Sundance, Canadian director Ahnahktsipiitaa proves the future of filmmaking is all in your head5 min read
December 27, 2021Incendiary Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, dead at 58, was just getting startedBarry Hertz5 min read
November 1, 2021film reviewChloé Zhao’s Eternals is a historic Marvel cinematic event, for all the wrong reasons 5 min read
April 27, 2021Hot Docs 2021: Your 10 best bets, from a Canadian cryptocurrency mystery to a long-lost summer of soul5 min read
March 30, 2021obituaryExperimental filmmaker Shahin Parhami explored the lives and work of artists 6 min read
March 3, 2021screen timeIndigenous filmmaker Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders pulls from Canada’s past to create a terrifying futureBarry Hertz6 min read
January 25, 2021New milestone for Sidney Poitier, as film school is named after the award-winning actor 4 min read
December 18, 2020opinionMichelle Latimer’s contentious claim of Indigenous ancestry has understandably angered our communityDrew Hayden Taylor4 min read
December 17, 2020‘I made a mistake’: Canadian filmmaker Michelle Latimer addresses Indigenous ancestry questions 4 min read
August 5, 2020Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie to direct Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody2 min read
May 13, 2020When the long road to Canadian indie-film success ends not with the bang of a theatre, but the whimper of VOD 4 min read
November 26, 2019film reviewAgnès Varda’s final film gives the French auteur the due she’s been owed her entire career1 min read
November 14, 2019The ghosts, desires and politics of Mati Diop, the visionary behind Atlantics, Netflix’s next big cinematic bet 7 min read
October 15, 2019screen timeContinuing to ‘continue the conversation’ with Jojo Rabbit’s Taika WaititiBarry Hertz6 min read