“This was interesting, if you find a crushing lack of clarity interesting.” * * * Perhaps you’re curious about Canadians (though this documentary suggests you’re not, at all). You probably won’t find your answers here, whatever they may be. Or perhaps you are a Canadian yourself, hoping for a kind of closure, a definition, an […]
I don’t know if it qualifies as a “guilty pleasure” exactly, but the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival was certainly a mixed-blessing experience. We’ve both had some previous exposure to what I’ve never stopped thinking of as “The Festival of Festivals”. However, this was our first time being so involved, so immersed, so overwhelmed. Over the course of two […]
“More than you know, Frank. More than you’ll ever know.”
One more time before we transition from foolishness to funnybooks, here’s my favourite, surprise, disappointment, least-liked, and a “show me” I’ll be catching later on this year.
“He is my boss – big boss from Canada.”
“So now I’m feeling like shit, but I appreciate the effort.”
“Always leave the party while you’re still having a good time.” * * * Of course, one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Nonetheless, when I unwrapped The Event, I immediately formed an impression — of discotheques, of pill-popping, of glittering, colourful slickness — an impression which couldn’t have been farther from the eventual […]
“How do you approach the homosexuality problem, Camille?” “Well, I’m not really sure I’d consider it a problem.” * * * * Although male homosexuality was a fixture of the Eighties music I consumed, it wasn’t until the mid-Nineties when I caught up with lesbianism. Between Go Fish, When Night Is Falling, and Bound, I […]
The importance of The Englishman’s Boy is less its western trappings than its powerful take on history, socio-political and personal alike. As the script itself observes, “This isn’t the kind of truth anybody wants. It doesn’t have much public appeal.” While the claim might have validity, it is also the sort of truth we’d all do well to recognize.
If there any justice — or national pride — Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays will find popular success. It’s not only a love of CanCon, however, that will drive and reward its audience.
Grushenka Geusebach
Hacker Renders
Geek vs Goth 