Now Streaming: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, When Certain Loves Could Definitely Not Speak Their Name
Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel star in writer/director Céline Sciamma's classical period film, now on Hulu.
LOS LOBOS, WHEN LIBERTY BURNS, EMA, WHITE LIE Winners at Miami 2020
I was fortunate to attend the first half of Miami Film Festival this month, before it was sadly forced to cancel due to the pandemic. It was my first time attending, and I was blown away not only by the...
Miami 2020 Review: FABULOUS, Likes, Dislikes, and Rivalry
I'm amazed at all the social media apps there are to engage with friends and strangers (and I gave up trying to keep up after Instagram). And apps like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok,YouTube, and I'm sure more that I don't know...
Miami 2020 Review: AND THE BIRDS RAINED DOWN, Life and Love in Isolation
Maybe it's the current state of the world, but I often find myself thinking about running away from civilization, or at least, moving to the outermost fringes off it. Finding some activity to generate a small income, living in peace...
Miami 2020 Review: THEY CALL ME DR. MIAMI, The Man and the Outrageous Image
I read a quote once that was attributed to Cher, in regards to her plastic surgeries: "If I want to put my tits on my back, that's nobody's business but my own." Whether she actually said it or not, I...
Miami 2020 Review: THE SLEEPWALKERS, Family Constraints and Subtle Patriarchy
There's an old stereotype that girls are harder to raise than boys. While this may be true, I think it's not because girls are more difficult, but that our world and society makes life harder for girls. They learn far...
Miami 2020 Review: WHITE LIE, The Finer Details of the Con
Everyone wants to be loved. Many people also want attention and love from strangers. In our social media age that gives us access to strangers around the world, the allure of the like, the retweet, the reply, can be irresistable....
Miami 2020 Review: PACIFIED, Hope and Resignation in the Favelas
American director Paxton Winters spent seven years with the community of Morro dos Prazeres, one of the many favelas that encapsulate Rio de Jainero. Anyone familiar with Brazilian cinema will know these as the home of the working class and...
Miami 2020 Review: LOS LOBOS, A World Too Big and Too Small
A new country, a new city, a new home, can mean hope for renewal and improvement; but it can also mean despair and desperation. For the thousands of people who have crossed the Mexico/USA border, forced to leave their countries...
Miami 2020 Review: THE LAST RAFTER, The Search for Home
For years, many Cubans risked life and limb to cross the near 200-kilometre stretch between their island and the United States, in motorboats, row boats, and handmade rafts. A particular policy, colloquially named ‘Wet Foot Dry Foot’, allowed Cubans a...
Miami 2020 Review: CHARM CITY KINGS, The Family We Have, The Family We Make
Mouse (Jahi Di'Allo Winston) loves two things above all else: animals and dirt bikes. His natural affinity for caring leads him to a part-time job at a local veterinary clinic, but now that summer has arrived, his Sundays will be...
Miami 2020: Knight Heroes Talk
Film Festival master classes offer a chance for the audience to get a little more up close and personal with important filmmakers: to learn more about how they approach their work, some tricks of the trades, and the triumphs and...
Miami 2020 Review: ARAB BLUES, Cultures Clash in Modern Tunisia
For many first-generation immigrants, or those taken to another country at a young age, the place they could call 'home' is often difficult (not least if you're a person of colour raised in a predominantly white culture). Do you continue...
Miami 2020 Review: EDUARDO AND MONICA, A Charming and Charmed Love Ballad
The how and why of love is one of life's great eternal mysteries. Thousands of books, songs, works of art, films, have been made on the subject, and we're still no closer to an answer. But then, there is no...
Miami 2020 Review: LINA FROM LIMA, Strife and Delight in Musical Form
Most of us have probably started humming or whistling a tune while performing an ordinary task; and many of us have likely had moments when we've thought about a song, or started listening to a song, either deliberately or accidently,...
Miami 2020 Review: SHORTS Program Showcases Ghosts, Exes, Gaming Culture, and Rising Tides
I'll admit as a programmer that I'm biased, but I do think anyone attending a film festival should seek out the shorts. They are the unsung gems of any festival line-up, the places where filmmakers start out, where they experiment,...
Blu-ray Review: MASKED AND ANONYMOUS, The Mobius Strip of Dylan's Carnival
Bob Dylan's filmography might not be as long or as revered as other popular musicians who have dipped their toes in cinema; but when he does make a film, it's something to watch. The second of the two feature films...
Miami 2020 Review: PROXIMA, The Space Between the Earth and the Stars
Sarah (Eva Green) has dreamed of going into space for her whole life. She became an engineer, works at the European Space Agency, and has kept in physical and mental shape. And now, her time has come: she is selected...
Miami 2020 Review: WHEN LIBERTY BURNS, The Story of the Miami Riots
Like many non-Americans, growing up, my first introduction to police brutality against Black Americans was the Rodney King case of 1992. And like many Canadians, my knowledge of Florida extended to March breaks that I would spend with my grandparents...
Miami 2020 Review: ONLY THE ANIMALS, Mystery and Loneliness in Five Acts
Humans are frequently (if not almost always) slaves to our baser instincts: the need for shelter, sustenance, and human contact see us make irrational and sometimes deadly decision, with no regard for those around us. Pair this with the complications...
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