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This escape room will blast you back into the past to your favourite 90s films
By Ivonne Flores Kauffman The Tape Escape team. (CanCulture/Georgio Zikantas) Looking for something unusual to do this summer? The Tape Escape, a mix between an escape room experience and…
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Classic Canadian Cinema: Crash (1996)
By Federico Sierra Catherine Ballard has sex with her flying instructor. James Ballard has sex with his camera operator. Catherine and James then come home to have sex with…
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Behind the screen: Indigenous filmmakers fight for better representation
By Bree Duwyn Indigenous representation in North American films have included a long and devastating history of stereotyping and generalization. Misrepresentation is typically portrayed in many Western films. In…
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The Divided Brain: The documentary that will change the way you experience life
By Ivonne Flores Kauffman Photo courtesy The Divided Brain trailer On April 9, The Divided Brain made its Canadian premiere at the Isabel Bader Theatre in downtown Toronto. The…
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Canadian films have a lot to say about climate change
Climate change, endangered species and Canadian wildlife — these films have it all By Devon Harvey On April 22nd, Earth Day is celebrated worldwide. The purpose of this day…
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Asian women making their mark in Hollywood
By Severina Chu Growing up as a Chinese-Canadian, it was often a struggle to see characters I could relate to on screen. Either casted in stereotypical roles or not…
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Alita: Battle Angel – A cyborg girl’s redeeming tale of humanity
By Federico Sierra Based on Japanese artist Yukito Kishiro’s manga, Alita: Battle Angel tells a futuristic story of a young cyborg (with a human brain and heart in a…
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Trouble in the Garden: Indigenous Indie film brings attention to Sixties Scoop
By Bree Duwyn A dancing scene from Trouble in the Garden (Courtesy of @troubleinthegardenthefilm on Instagram). Award winning writer and director Roz Owen tackles important Indigenous issues in her…
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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, and Animal Behaviour are some of…
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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. The festival featured seven short films…
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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 teenager who is desperate to graduate…
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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 the Taliban’s seizing of her hometown,…
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