This week, Steve and comic guru Arnaldo Reyes celebrate their 2nd podcast anniversary to defend GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2. The latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe has wild colours and an awesome soundtrack but it also has a lot of heart–and even seems to want to talk about god (small ‘g’, of…
Vaishali Sinha and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Ask The Sexpert, cultural context, ?women as allies?, a Doctor as a 90-year-old pioneer and the latent effects of colonialism. IMDB Synopsis ASK THE SEXPERT is a feature length documentary about a highly popular 93-year-old sex advice columnist for a daily newspaper in…
Egil Larsen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film 69 Minutes of 86 Days, The Refugee crisis, making sense of time, polarization of real issues, childlike wonder and why he still has hope. Hot Docs Review ? calls it ?Essential viewing.? Find out more about the film here. Synopsis Every day, about…
Kalina Bertin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Manic, survivor guilt, family secrets, mental health issues, intimate connections and prejudice. IMDB And learn more about Kalina here. Synopsis Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin?s struggle to make sense of the legacy of mental illness wreaking havoc over her sibling?s lives. Convinced that…
This week, Steve welcomes Patrick Erskine and Paul Levac to enter into James Ponsoldt’s THE CIRCLE. ?Starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, this sci-fi drama explores our world through the eyes of social networking and just might have something to say to the Millennial generation as well… but is it worth your money? ?(Plus, this…
Produced by Sherien Barsoum and directed by Andrew Moir, Babe, I Hate To Go tells the story of Delroy Dunkley, a migrant worker who has spent half his life working in the Ontario tobacco belt to support his family in Jamaica.? Goodbyes have become ritual but Delroy harbours a secret?he has cancer.? Though his health…
?History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.? ? Winston Churchill Opening with the above Churchill quote the documentary Becoming Bond may be the strangest example of story-telling in recent memory. Directed by Josh Greenbaum, Becoming Bond tells the story of one-and-done Bond actor George Lazenby?or rather, allows Lazenby to tell…
As Chief Kahkewistahaw Community School principal Evan Taypotat says, ?Never judge a person ’til you?ve walked a mile in their moccasins.?? Opening the festival this year, Bee Nation focuses on the lives of several First Nations children, including Grade 3 student William Kaysaywaysemat III as they compete in the first province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee….
Breaking box office records, FATE OF THE FURIOUS filled theatres because of it’s (many) big booms and stunts… but is there more to the film? ?What keeps us coming back to this franchise, despite the fact that they get more outlandish with each entry. ?In a relaxed episode, Steve welcomes back Greg Banik and ScreenFish…
Colossal co-stars Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and director Nacho Vigalondo In her latest film, Colossal, Hathaway manages to channel all of her experience into her portrayal of Gloria, an alcoholic with a deep desire for belonging.? During the film?s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of last year, we had the…
