Features archive
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.”
Interview: Clyde Gilmour designate Randall Okita
January 9, 2015
Thom Ernst speaks with Randall Okita, Piers Handling’s Clyde Gilmour designate.
Interview: Student Film Award winner Eui Yong Zong
January 7, 2015
Adam Nayman interviews Eui Yong Zong, winner of the 2014 Manulife Financial Student Film Award.
The TFCA names Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy” the Best Canadian Film of the Year
January 6, 2015
Enemy has won the TFCA’s Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
And The Winners Are…
December 15, 2014
Click to see the full list of the 2014 TFCA Awards, including Best Film of the Year, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
Piers Handling – Recipient, 2014 Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award
November 27, 2014
The Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award is given annually to a Canadian whose work has enriched the understanding and appreciation of film.