The world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content, returns October 19-24, 2021 with in-person and virtual events in Toronto and beyond. The hybrid imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will celebrate the Harvest with over 145 works from artists representing 51 Indigenous nations giving voice to over 26 Indigenous languages. Niki Little, of Anishininew and English descent from Kistiganwacheeng in… View Post
By Anne Brodie It’s straight out horrifying, revisiting D.C. January 6th in the HBO documentary Four Hours At The Capitol. Dan Reed’s cinema verite compilation of footage from news organisations, security and police body cameras and personal cameras of those who attacked the US seat of government is utterly dispiriting. Reed found a vast amount of additional footage from the… View Post
Presented by RBC As Canada moves towards the ban of single-use plastics by the end of 2021, green economy businesses are stepping up to fill the void with less environmentally damaging packaging. The take out industry in particular is being transformed with difficult to recycle single use plastics like straws, stir sticks, cutlery, and containers on the chopping block. Megan… View Post
The Great Canadian Baking Show is such a strong guilty pleasure. All that butter, the sugar, the flavours and the love that goes into the bakes just weaves a magic spell. CBC’s baking competition, now in season 5, is pure catnip. Watching the bakers create sweet showstoppers, lovingly nudged on by hosts Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis is a… View Post
By Anne Brodie Canadian Indigenous filmmaker Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders, executive produced by Taika Waititi could not have come at a more poignant time. Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Brooklyn Letexier-Hart are Niska and Waseese, mother and daughter living in the bush. Society and government are in shambles and children are being rounded up and stolen from their families to be placed… View Post
Ashley Zukerman plays Robert Langdon in this origins story of the ancient symbology mysteries by Dan Brown, the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Zukerman is young Rober Langdon, a highly regarded Harvard professor and ancient code-breaker who finds himself in a deadly game involving the CIA, ancient powers and a mysterious portal. His mentor is kidnapped and Langdon’s… View Post