Category: Film
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The Oscars 2019: Canadians dominate the best short film category
By Devon Harvey The Academy Awards are back on Feb. 24 and this year Canadians are dominating the short film categories. Bao, Weekends,…
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Review: The European Short Film Festival at Carlton Cinema
By Ivonne Flores Kauffman The European Short Film Festival took place on Jan. 31 at the Imagine Cinemas Carlton Cinema in Downtown Toronto.…
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5 Canadian films to watch on Valentine’s Day
By Ivonne Flores Kauffman The Fireflies Are Gone (2018) This film directed by Sébastien Pilote follows the story of Léonie (Karelle Tremblay), a…
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Review: The Breadwinner
By Adriana Fiorante The Breadwinner (2017) is an animated co-production between Canada, Ireland and Luxembourg about a young girl, Parvana (Saara Chaudry), surviving…
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5 Canadian films to get you in the holiday spirit
By Nadia Brophy It’s that time of year again – the one that gets you seated by a warm fireplace, curled up in…
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Student Creatives: The Filmmaking Journey
By: Nadia Brophy Across all creative industries, there is a journey artists must take to establish themselves, meet their personal goals and create…
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Review: The Mandy Experience at Revue Cinema
By: Ben Cohen Grade: A Mandy (2018) is an unforgettable orgy of laughter and gore. In it, Italian-Canadian director Panos Cosmatos flings an…
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The Witching Hour at imagineNATIVE Film Festival
(Karly Cywink/CanCulture) By: Karly Cywink Walking into the screening, you can feel the atmosphere of Indigenous culture all around you; jokes, greetings, and…
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The Evolution of YouTube Comedy at Buffer Festival 2018
By: Severina Chu With the tastes, stars and expectations on YouTube constantly evolving, comedy content creators are looking to assert their place on…
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Buffer Festival 2018: LGBTQ+ Creators Challenge Expectations and Prioritize Creative Freedom
Stef Sanjati (StefSanjati) (CanCulture/Nina Jeffery) By: Tess Stuber The Buffer Festival 2018 LGBTQ+ screening offered creators a chance to share new content that…
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Meet the 6th Annual Buffer Festival Content Creators
By: Nina Jeffery Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, and Corey Lubowich (Team Starkid). Team StarKid, a musical theatre ensemble, began in 2009 when a…
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TIFF Review: Clara – Manic Pixie Dream Girls IN SPACE
By: Ben Cohen Grade: C The typical penultimate chapter – right before the reboot – in many franchises and genres is the port…
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TIFF 2018 Review: Firecrackers
By: Andrea Josic Grade: A- At surface level, Firecrackers seems to explore everything that young adults in quiet, rural Ontario towns dream about:…
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TIFF 2018 Review: Edge of the Knife
By: Isabelle Kirkwood Grade: A Edge of the Knife is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown. It…
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TIFF 2018 Review: Giant Little Ones
Grade: B- By Julianna Perkins Giant Little Ones, a new film from Canadian director Keith Behrman, successfully completed its world premiere at this…
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TIFF 2018 Review: First Man
By Luke Elisio Damien Chazelle’s First Man is one small step towards Oscar gold, one giant leap for the director’s already impressive resume.…
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22 Blockbusters You Never Knew Were Filmed in Canada
By Brent Smyth While Canada may not have its own version of Hollywood, many blockbusters choose their northern neighbours to film key scenes…
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Notable Canadian Oscar Winners throughout History
Oscar-season is officially over and this year brought Canada’s fair share of homegrown nominees. Let’s take a look back through the history of…
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Classic Canadian Film Reviews: Dead Ringers (1988)
By: Mark McKelvie Adapted from the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, the psychological body horror drama Dead Ringers is an unsettling…
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Here are your 2018 Canadian Oscar Nominees
Photo courtesy of ABC/Tyler Golden By: Sara Jabakhanji The 2018 Oscars are right around the corner and this year has quite the list…
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity: A Peek into the Chinese-Canadian Milieu
By Julianna Perkins Grade: B- In this 2002 feature-length drama, director Mina Shum succeeds in crafting an intimate portrait of the Chinese community…
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Classic Canadian Cinema: Goin’ Down the Road
By Ben Cohen This is less of a review and more of a reflection. The quality of this film is undeniable, it’s been…