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Strange BrewS
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August 26, 2023

Strange Brew is still potent at 40

The good-natured 80s comedy celebrating beer & friendship has managed to survive the test of time.
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March 17, 2021

“Slaxx,” or how staying fashionable can be murder

Shudder’s latest is a deeply silly horror-comedy that mostly succeeds in spite of itself.
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December 2, 2020

“The Twentieth Century” tells one king’s hilarious rise to disappointment

Matthew Rankin's gonzo reinterpretation of Canadian political history is as riotously funny as it is insightful about the symbolic nature of Western politics.
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June 7, 2020

Netflix dramedy “Can You Hear Me?” is worth listening to

A French-Canadian export weathers the challenges of girlhood with remarkable alacrity.
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January 3, 2020

The War of the Roses Comes to an End in “Schitt’s Creek” Season 6

The acclaimed Canadian sitcom goes out with a bang in an uproarious, heartfelt final season.
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January 3, 2020

“Anne With An E” Season 3 Closes the Door on Avonlea

The charming Canadian adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables comes to a lovely if untimely end.
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October 18, 2019

CIFF 10/18: “The Truth”, “Clemency”, “The Twentieth Century”, “Tremors”

Today's CIFF dispatch includes family drama The Truth, death-row issue film Clemency, Guatemalan queer drama Tremors, and the gonzo Twentieth Century.
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July 20, 2018

Fantasia 2018: Lifechanger is a Bleak & Eerie Story About Identity & Never Letting Go

Justin McConnell’s lean, fascinating horror-drama blends an intriguing structure with some novel investigation into the psychology of its shape-shifting horror monster. This piece was originally..
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July 20, 2018

Fantasia 2018: Lifechanger’s Justin McConnell on Shape-Shifting, Memory and Toxicity

The writer/director of Fantasia-debuting horror film Lifechanger talks about the origins of the project and getting into the mind of his film’s main monster. This..