Directed by Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Written by Hoss-Desmarais and Marc Tulin Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories Canada. 86 min Not rated With Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labreche, Anie Pascale and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais There are some great movies where man takes on the wilderness and alternately himself. (Into the Wild and Rescue Dawn come to mind). Whitewash is […]

Directed by Denis Villeneuve Produced by Niv Fichman and Miguel A. Faura Written by Javier Gullón, based on the novel The Double by José Saramago Released by A24 Canada/Spain. 90 min. Rated R With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon & Isabella Rossellini Enemy is a disturbing, surreal meditation on the nature of identity, depression, […]

Directed by Bruce Ramsay Canada. 87 min. Not rated Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, runs more than four hours when left uncut. One would therefore expect that in a 90-minute adaptation there wouldn’t be a minute to spare. However, Bruce Ramsay, the star and director, has managed to find plenty of time to waste. To begin […]

Directed by Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson Produced by Lewin Webb Written by Jason Lapeyre Released by Drafthouse Films Canada. 93 min. Not rated With Siam Yu, Gage Monroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo, Dyson Fyke, Spencer, Andy Reid, Kolton Stewart, Richard Nguyen, Eric Hanson, Alex Wall Mixed with the themes of […]

Written & Directed by Michael McGowan Produced by McGowan, Avi Federgreen, Jody Colero & Tamara Deverell Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films Canada. 103 min. Rated PG-13 With James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold, Rick Roberts, Campbell Scott, Julie Stewart, Jonathan Potts, Zachary Bennett, & George R. Robertson Still Mine is a lovely tribute to traditional family values […]