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La Traversée (The Journey)

By Michael McNeely | March 2021

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! La Traversée is an emotionally harrowing experience that helps demonstrate the lingering effects of a toxic separation on even…

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SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! La Traversée is an emotionally harrowing experience that helps demonstrate the lingering effects of a toxic separation...

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Short films have been a way for independent filmmakers to taste the fame and notoriety associated with the Oscars. Each year, five live-action and five...

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NEW TO VOD! Widely heralded as a masterwork, and one of the best Canadian films of all time, Phillip Borsos's The Grey Fox remains as eloquent, relevant,...

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I loved Andrea Dorfman's film, Spinster. It focuses on the life of 39-year-old Gaby, played by Chelsea Peretti, who turns her life around and starts...

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Pendulum is one of those movies that I couldn’t pull myself away from until the end and for unexpected reasons. It’s not the greatest film and...

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a poignant “women story” co-directed and co-written by Kathleen Hepburn and one of its leads,...

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The tiny hero of Alanis Obomsawin’s documentary Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger was born with a series of complications. His face “wasn’t able...

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Lying about having cancer for empathy and financial gain would seem to be an unforgivable sin. Just imagine the amount of manipulation, cruelty, and...

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Do you think there will ever be a pro-arranged marriage movie? Until that happens, writer/director R. Paul Dhillon takes a comedic, multi-cultural look at...

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In Room for Rent, writer/director Matt Atkinson and producer Justin Rebelo tell a stranger-in-my-home story starring Mark Little, Brett Gelman, Mark...