Features archive
Jury Road: Joel and Ethan Coen
May 14, 2015
Adam Nayman writes on one of cinema’s most curious responsibilities: presiding over a Cannes jury.
It’s National Canadian Film Day!
April 29, 2015
Jason Gorber chats with Jack Blum and Sharon Corder of Reel Canada about the 2nd annual National Canadian Film Day.
Festival Diary: The 29th Fribourg International Film Festival
April 10, 2015
José Teodoro writes about his time as the FIPRESCI jury president at the 29th Fribourg International Film Festival.
Staging Ambiguity: A Conversation with Olivier Assayas
April 9, 2015
José Teodoro sat down with Clouds of Sils Maria director Olivier Assayas to talk of theatre and film, of Ingmar Bergman, and of Juliette Binoche and acting. (Minor spoilers ahead.)
On The Right Track: David Robert Mitchell’s “It Follows”
March 26, 2015
As Adam Nayman writes, there’s another meaning to It Follows – in just his second feature, Mitchell is chasing the greats.
Festival Diary: the 15th Kingston Canadian Film Festival
March 9, 2015
Thom Ernst reflects on the 15th Kingston Canadian Film Festival, which saw a 21% attendance increase from 2014.
Pros at Cons
February 27, 2015
Adam Nayman writes about the frustrating industrial paradox of con man movies: they’re predicated on misdirection, but movie marketing can’t be elliptical or evasive.
Mixing Up The Formula: Critical Inconsistencies
February 23, 2015
As Peter Howell notes, critics moan that movie sequels too often just repeat the formula that made earlier film(s) successful. Yet they also carp when they don’t repeat the formula.
Good Men, Good Women: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien
January 29, 2015
Adam Nayman revisits the formal rigor and verisimilitude of acclaimed Asian auteur Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Interview: Denis Villeneuve
January 19, 2015
Jason Gorber speaks to Denis Villeneuve about his third Best Canadian Film Award win for “Enemy.”