“We’re stuck in a limbo…, broken in half.” In Carlos Amaral’s Infinite Sea, we find ourselves in a mildly post-apocalyptic world. More specifically, we find ourselves left behind. If I were someone who thought of an eschatological Rapture, I’m sure that this film would have some interesting concepts. The film takes place in a city…
After working on shows like Billions, Book of Negroes and Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story, Clement Virgo has already proven his prowess as a director and allowed him to hone his craftsmanship. Now, with his new feature film Brother, Virgo has situated himself as one of Canada’s premiere filmmakers. Brother is the story of Michael…
Directed by Ike Nnaebue, No U-Turn gives the opportunity for the celebrated Nigerian director to revisit a journey that he made over two decades ago. Taking the route via Benin, Mali and Mauritania as a young man, Nnaebue was forced to turn back in Morocco and return home. Now, in his first documentary, Nnaebue is returning to…
The Grab is a documentary that delves deeply into the complex world of managing food and water resources in a time of overpopulation and scarcity, exposing the links between large private and public interests that are frequently concealed from the general public. Based on a seven-year investigation by Nate Halverson of The Center for Investigative…
This is it, it all comes down to this. The Oscars are in mere days and, frankly, this might stand as one of the more unpredictable Oscars in recent memory. In the acting categories, there was no sweeper who won all the major awards (SAG, BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe). That hasn’t happened since 2002….
Lovely. If I only could use one word to describe Blueback with Mia Wasikowska, Radha Mitchell, Ilsa Fogg, Clarence Ryan, Pedrea Jackson, and Eric Bana, it would be ‘lovely’. Between the natural beauty and humble confidence of it identity, Australian film has a way of transporting a viewer into a time and place that seems…
The ‘sports movie’ has been a staple of the Disney cinematic canon for decades. But that makes it all the more special when a film comes along to change the game. Chang Can Dunk tells the story of Chang (Bloom Li), a 16-year-old Asian American high schooler who loves basketball. Although he plays in the high…
Most people like movies… but do we really understand the impact that they have on our lives? After all, the stories we tell (and absorb) help us to see the world differently. Whether it’s the latest Oscar flick or superhero blockbuster, these films matter… and they tell us something about ourselves as well. Written and directed by…
In Koromousso, Big Sister, co-directors, Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan, give us a peek into the journeys of three women who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and are reclaiming their autonomy through reconstructive surgery. Ouarme is featured in the film, acting as the Big Sister (Koromousso) to these women, having had her own reconstructive surgery…
Premiering at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Koromousso, Big Sister gives us a peek into the journeys of three women who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and are reclaiming their autonomy through reconstructive surgery. Co-directed by Habibata Ouarme and Jim Donovan, is the film features Ouarme as the Big Sister (Koromousso) to…
