Tag: paulgross

The small midwestern town of Karmack is dying. Figuratively, as its principal industry, a rail-yard, have been lost to the vagaries of globalization. Also, quite literally, as there has been a lengthy string of fatal accidents that prompts the town...

I remain committed to showcasing key art that makes good use of textured wallpaper. In this case, the poster is for a Canadian/Norwegian production from deadpan director Bent Hamer. Hamer's films are difficult to describe, oddball dramas, subtle comedies, ultra-niche...

Hyena Road is a bit of a difficult film to quantify. On the one hand, it follows perhaps a bit too closely to some cliched images and story formats of soldiers at war. On the other, it has an earnestness...

Long - and rightfully - regarded as one of Canada's absolute finest arthouse auteurs, Deepa Mehta is charting new ground with her latest effort. Basing her story around the real life criminal gang culture in second and third generation Indian...

Welcome to this week's entry for New To Netflix! Not that we are actually new to Netflix, we're just happy, able, and willing to help you find out what kind of 'Twitch-y' material is coming to the big red virtual envelope...

Recently, at the Golden Globe Awards, Paul Giamatti beat out such Hollywood luminaries as Johnny Depp and Kevin Spacey for Best Actor in a Comedic Role for his work in the little seen, little known "Barney's Version". Indeed, it...

Does it make me un-Canadian to have never read anything by Mordecai Richler? If anything, I think it probably makes me MORE Canadian but I do feel a certain qualm at having missed out on the entire body of work...

As a Canadian myself, I feel a certain degree of obligation to show some love and support for our fellow filmmakers north of the border because the sad truth of the matter is our film industry is getting their ass...

Okay. I'll bite. Would Paul Gross have a career in film and television outside of Canada? He's just that kind of guy that fills the holes around here. Heck, if no one else is going to do it let's get...