Advertisements Montreal-based Fantasia Festival has become a beacon of sorts for me, a landmark event that gives shape, and oftentimes purpose, to the rest of my summer. Even though I cover the fest remotely, it still provides me with much excitement; getting…
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Advertisements Everything We’re Excited to See At Fantasia This Year For many, summertime is a bright, slow-sprawling haze, crowded with sun-soaked and zinc-caked days, soundtracked by the buzz of insects and the ripple of water. But for those who have a penchant…
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Advertisements There is something in every atheist itching to believe, and something in every believer itching to doubt. Writer Mignon McLaughlin explored this idea in The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, which has become a roadmap of sorts for my interpretations of the world…
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Advertisements A crocodile’s corpse is not something I ever thought I would have sympathy for — but then again, I never thought he’d do it, he being a man world-worn and toothpick-thin. A better student of anatomy would be able to chart…
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Advertisements After a storied career creating two entries in cult classic Cartoon Saloon’s “Irish folklore trilogy” — including the Oscar-nominated Wolfwalkers, the subject of our interview — screenwriter Will Collins speaks with a surprisingly youthful conviction about the power of storytelling. His…
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Advertisements A two-minute curiosity, an exercise in illumination — Time Life Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived is a fascinating look at temporary space. As a candle burns down to the end of its wick, we…
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Advertisements A film that feels necessary to witness on a big screen is a rare sort of magic. With his second feature, Spanish director Gabriel Azorín sought to create that special alchemy. Though at times Last Night I Conquered the City of…
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Advertisements There is a single honeyed thread woven throughout the subdued quiet of Drunken Noodles — quite literally. In every change of “act” (which is also a change of lover), there is a title screen. An older man appears from behind, and…
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Advertisements Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain is a languid exploration of temporal space. Using ambient film taken on the streets of urban Montreal — alongside voice messages and images from what seems to be a life well-lived — Colombian writer-director…
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Advertisements The magnificence of writer-director Ben Rivers’ latest offering, Mare’s Nest, is entirely in its willingness to hope. In this delightful fable, childhood becomes a universe unto itself, where the greatest hopes of the best of us are met with open arms,…
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