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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 the platform. At this year’s Buffer…

  • 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 branches out from their regular work.…

  • 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 group of friends from the University…

  • 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 over to outer space. It’s a…

  • 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: a way out. Far from a…

  • 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 is the first feature film spoken…

  • 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 year’s Toronto International Film Festival.  Giant…

  • 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. The biopic, starring Canada’s leading man…

  • 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 and even entire movies! Whether to…

  • 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 the Academy Awards to look at…

  • 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 account of sibling connection taken to…

  • 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 of Canadian contenders. Guillermo del Toro’s…