What happens when you seem to have the good life to everyone else, but still need to figure out what that actually looks like for yourself? That’s the question at the heart of The Madison, which follows family patriarch (Kurt Russell) as he spends time with his...
NAWI: Dear Future Me takes place in modern Kenya, where 13-year-old Nawi is the daughter of a struggling farming family in a small village. With no running water, endless chores, and a drought looming, her family is under mounting pressure. In this context,...
The President's Cake premiered on the 2025 festival circuit, making its Cannes World Premiere in the Director's Fortnight section, where it won the Audience Award and the Camera d'Or for Best Debut Feature. From there, it was selected as the 2025 submission for Best...
I suppose when director Baz Luhrmann saw the acronym that this title made, he had to put it together. EPIC presents never-before-seen footage of Elvis' performances at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. He uses this as the base (and an excuse) to make it a...
While Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are on the path to becoming Toronto legends, their new movie Nirvanna the Band the Show serves as one of the best love letters to the city, to friendship, and to pop culture nerds everywhere that I've ever seen. This excellent film...
While director Matt Johnson and co-writer, co-star Jay McCarrol have never really left Canada during their filmmaking collaborations, this new movie feels like a true homecoming for two creators who may have only just begun to make their presence known worldwide....
Kokuho is a decades-long epic revolving around the world of Kabuki actors, a highly respected art form in which male actors take on the roles of female characters. The story begins with 15-year-old Kikuho (Ryo Yoshizawa), the son of a Yakuza (crime family) leader, who...
In a loving restoration that pays tribute to the film’s late director and the importance of its central figure, The Long Way Home: Remastered and Expanded takes us back to a singular and unique period. The documentary follows Soviet underground rock artist Boris...
Full disclosure: most of my commentary on this show does not come from firsthand experience, but rather from secondhand tales. Canada Shore continues the spirit of the iconic Jersey Shore, transplanting the formula to a town that even some Canadians may not have heard...