Movie Review: Into the Forest

I have a fascination with looking at old photographs, especially those taken of familiar  landscapes and landmarks. Seeing how nature is slowing being turned into smooth concrete or towering, iron structures feels reassuring but also bleak. I get a similar feeling…

Chicago Critics Film Festival: Most Anticipated Films

The time is almost upon us for the 4th Chicago Critics Film Festival (CCFF). This year’s line-up features film’s you may have not heard of year or some that you’ve been dying to see all year.

First trailer for Into the Forest debuts

For a film that I had known very little about before today, the Ellen Page starring Into the Forest is now one of my most anticipated of the year and this is all due to a quietly chilling trailer. Haunting, beautifully captured…

TIFF Announces 2015’s Top 10 Canadian Films

Underfed, neglected, and trapped: Canadian films are like inmates in a prison where the guards, institution and funding agency, don’t care about their well-being. Overshadowed by our southern neighbors, and unprotected by box-office levies or content regulations, there is rarely…