For those of you new to Kung Fu & Wuxia films, a little history. The Shaw Brothers Studio was set up very similar to the Hollywood studio system in that hundreds of actors were signed to exclusive contracts, and a group of directors were instrumental in leading some of its most renowned films.
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In Raging Grace, we meet Joy (Max Eigenmann), an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling to do the best she can to support her daughter, Grace (Jaeden Boadilla). She is desperate to get ‘papers’ in order to live legally in the UK. Thanks to a friend, an opportunity presents itself and she secures the perfect job, taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man.
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Tënk is a solidarity cooperative and subscription-based documentary streaming platform now available online across Canada.
Tënk was first created in Lussas, France, in what is affectionately known as The Documentary Village. The not-for-profit was first launched in Quebec in early 2020. With Tënk expanding across Canada, a real network is being created to properly represent the interests of its growing members, and to ensure the broadcasting of the best of documentary cinema.
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In celebration of Pride Month, MUBI will bring a fresh batch of new exclusives to Pride Unprejudiced, the platform’s ongoing film collection dedicated to 2SLGBTQ+ Cinema.
The series, available year-round, includes an established curation of groundbreaking films which explore the vast spectrum of sexual orientations, gender identities and cultural perspectives.
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From the minds of Lester Trips (Theatre) founders winning creatives Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton and produced with Archipelago Productions, CONTENT FARM is a satire series that riffs on the proliferation of endless clickbait to playfully critique our relationship to the internet.
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Written and directed by Julianna Notten her inspiration for Erin’s Guide to Kissing Girls was born out of wanting to “create a character who was confident in her sexuality without sensationalizing it, whose problems reached beyond the fact that she was attracted to other girls.”
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This installment of In The City features a personally curated list including several events, screenings and exhibits, I wish to attend as part of my birthday celebration. I may not make it to all, but hoping some of you will partake in one, a couple or a few of these.
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Producer/writer Mary Teegee of Carrier Sekani Family Services and producer/writer/director Matt Smiley, the creative team behind the poignant and essential-viewing documentary FOR LOVE is currently available on Netflix in Canada.
Narrated by music legend Shania Twain, a longtime advocate for children’s rights, FOR LOVE exposes the link between residential schools and the thousands of Indigenous children and youth in Canada’s child welfare system.
The Sinners follows seven girls from a very conservative Christian town, who decide to rebel by embodying the nickname given to them by many at their high school… ‘The Sinners’ for the seven deadly sins.
From director and writer Courtney Paige, comes this horror thriller story about a group of high school girls, who must decide what to do when one of their group betrays them. They decide to ‘teach her a lesson’ through a prank. As you might guess, the prank spirals out of control whereby each member of the ‘Sinners’ group become the target of an unknown killer.
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A methodically slow, dreamlike, eerie film, Sator is a story about more than what is seen and heard. Director Jordan Graham teases the line between fact and fiction. Sator’s core story, of a demon making contact with an intimate family, is inspired by director Graham’s own life.
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