The Canadian government Residential Schools policy instituted in the 1870s permanently separated indigenous children from their families and immersed them in white culture. Religious schools were set up to convert them to Euro-Canadians, taking their heritage, language, sense of belonging, and connection to blood families. The programme ended in 1996 and affected 150,000 Indian, Inuit, and Métis children, and left… View Post
Colm Feore, the formidable stage and screen actor born in America but whom we hold dear as a fellow Canadian, is one of our busiest artists with a history of great performances. He currently stars in the slow burn psychological horror thriller The Prodigy, with Taylor Schilling and ten-year-old Jackson Robert Scott and will soon be seen in Netflix sci-fi series The… View Post
Nature imitates art for Liam Neeson and Mads Mikkelsen it two bone-chilling high north thrillers. They’re on missions from which they refuse to waiver, one revenge the other survival. Arctic opens a moment after Polar pilot Mikkelsen’s plane crashes in a wind-whipped frozen mountainous wasteland. Common sense and barebones supplies keep him going until a small plane coming to his rescue crashes…. View Post
Canadian film industry veteran and creator Jennifer Dale stars in an intriguing film she made in partnership with director Shelagh Carter. Into Invisible Light follows the complex emotional journey of a wealthy woman whose husband recently died and left her in charge of his foundation. She is to choose artists to grant from his foundation but feels completely at sea, creatively stymied… View Post
Jennifer Dale first appeared Canadian screens in 1979 and has never left. There are few Canadian actors who can match her diverse body of work, that has contributed so passionately to the building of our national film industry. Dale was there in the heady ’80s learning the ropes and taking chances when Toronto – Hollywood North – was a creative,… View Post
Writer-director Pawel Pawlowski’s black and white romantic drama Cold War just nominated for Best Foreign Language, Direction and Cinematography Oscars benefits from excellent performances from Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot but Pawlowski’s anxiety around time is its core. It’s the early fifties in the Polish countryside when Zula and Wictor meet and feel intense connection. They come together, split apart, and reunite… View Post