Tag: deniscôté

Locarno 2024 Interview: Denis Côté on Defying Filmmaking Norms, Upcoming Simp Movie, Embracing Artistic Freedom, Navigating Life After a Kidney Transplant

The Canadian filmmaker talks embracing DIY approach, refusing the Hollywood road, three new projects and another kind of cinephilia.

Locarno 2023 Review: MADEMOISELLE KENOPSIA, Exploring Melancholy of Abandoned Spaces

Canadian auteur Denis Côté and actress Larissa Corriveau craft an evocative experience of solitude and space that invites a deeper exploration of both in the director's latest work.

Cairo 2014 Review: JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING, The Poetry of Work

While many factory jobs have moved to countries like Mexico or China, Canada still has its fair share of manufacturing. Most of us probably don't think about where many of our goods come from, or the difficult and often...

Opening: BESTIAIRE Examines The Nature Of Gaze

With his new narrative feature Vic+Flo Saw a Bear playing at this years Berlinale (read ScreenAnarchy review here) and snatching the Alfred Bauer Prize/Silver Bear, the adventurous Québécois film critic turned director Denis Côté's intriguing little documentary Bestiaire gets a...