In There Are No Words, filmmaker Min Sook Lee turns inward to confront and explore silence, memory, and grief across continents in a poetic meditation on personal and communal loss and family legacy.
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Finch and Midland is an intersection in Scarborough. Like other intersections in the suburbs of Canada’s largest city, this intersection also has many a story to tell. In Finch & Midland, writer/director Timothy Yeung focuses on four stories from the wave of Hong Kong immigrants who came to Canada in the 1990s hoping for a new life.
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In the grand expanse of cinematic history, few movements are known as rebelliously as the French New Wave. In Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater gives us more than homage: he offers a genuine tribute to filmmaking itself and to the youthful spirit of Jean‑Luc Godard’s 1960 debut, À Bout de Souffle (Breathless).
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Workman Arts’ 33rd edition of the Rendezvous With Madness (RWM) Festival, the largest and longest-running arts festival in the world dedicated to the intersection of mental health and artistic expression, returns to Toronto, Canada this week.
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The time spent at TIFF each year always feels like a blur once the festival wraps up.
This year, I met fellow media friend Emmanuel Akanbi who was covering TIFF for the first time. Emmanuel is a writer and editor with Antler River Media Co-Op, based in London, Ontario, Canada.
We managed to see one film together during the festival but decided to catch up after it wrapped up to discuss our festival experience and some of the films we covered as well.
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Heroes Will Rise. Undead Will Fall.
ZombieCON Vol. 1 is a wild horror-comedy where fan convention chaos spirals into a full-blown apocalypse.
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On September 30, Hollywood Suite will present a special day of programming curated to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and to celebrate the work of Indigenous filmmakers, performers and artists. With a focus on history and storytelling, this year’s programming includes stories from various Indigenous cultures.
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AKI is set on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek (formerly known as Whitefish Lake), this visual art documentary follows the seasons in director Darlene Naponse’s home community in Northern Ontario.
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Premiering on CBC Gem this week, Rise of the Raven is an ambitious 10-part historical drama that focuses on the life of 15th-century commander János Hunyadi. The series traces his journey from childhood tragedy to military legend.
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In MODERN WHORE, Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin challenge toxic misconceptions about sex work and sex workers with great audacity and high style.
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