Ugandan activist and poet, Stella Nyanzi, does not mince words. Her criticisms of President, Yoweri Museveni certainly put her in the spotlight, and even got her arrested by the government. In The Woman Who Poked The Leopard, Patience Nitumwesiga focuses on the woman...
From director, Giacomo Boeri, Stories For Sandro is a son’s masterful attempt at keeping his father’s memories after he receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Boeri captures his father, Sandro’s stories in his own words, in his own voice, with his own narrative flair,...
I got to be a part of a special screening of The Tower That Built A City, a documentary about the CN Tower, that was screened inside the tower, which was pretty cool. Directed by Mark Myers, The Tower That Built A City takes us through the conception and construction...
Vegapolis is a look into adolescence- the uncertainty, the thrill, the figuring it out- all set in a skating rink, Vegapolis. Director, Micha Barban Dangerfield focuses on the teenagers that come to this skating rink, removing all authority figures, teachers, parents...
Jean-François Caissy’s Kindergarten takes us into a daycare centre, following babies and toddlers as they go about their day, which, you’ll see in the documentary, is very full. Kindergarten helps us see the world through these little ones’ eyes, but as opposed to the...
Rico King’s documentary, Nekai Walks, follows Nekai Foster, a 16-year-old who was a victim of a random shooting in the Jane and Finch area, on his journey of recovery. Shot in the head and leg, the chances of Nekai’s survival were slim, and the hopes that he would...
From director, Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie tells the story of the zombie, tracing it from its origins with enslaved people in Haiti through the misappropriations that made it what it is in pop culture today. The documentary employs animation, interviews and...
I posted this once I saw the film, and I’ll say it again: romcoms are back. In You, Me & Tuscany, Anna (Halle Bailey), a once-aspiring chef, moves to Tuscany on a whim. With nowhere to stay, she ends up in an abandoned villa that belongs to Matteo (Lorenzo de...
The sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie reunites Mario (Chris Pratt), Luigi (Charlie Day), Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy), Bowser (Jack Black), and Toad (Keegan-Michael Key), and sets them on a new adventure with Princess Rosalina...