Wheatley Builds Layers with In the Earth

Ben Wheatley has given us some pretty great films. From Kill List to A Field in England to Sightseers, he manages to bring his unique style to every story he tells. His latest film pulls him out of the lockdown and back into his signature folk horror themes with In the Earth. Martin (Joel Fry)... Continue Reading →

May 31, 2021

Hot Docs 2021: One of Ours

Transracial adoption is a difficult road travelled by well-meaning parents and children constantly looking for acceptance. In Yasmine Mathurin's One of Ours, she follows Josiah Wilson, a young Haitian-born Canadian with Native status due to his adoptive father, Don. Josiah's journey of acceptance in the Indigenous community and by himself is spurred by a human... Continue Reading →

May 5, 2021

Hot Docs 2021: A.rtificial I.mmortality

Making sentient machines, things that don't classify as human but are autonomous, has been technology's biggest quest. We've seen in for years in film: The Terminator series, Replicas, the TV show Humans, Blade Runner, Westworld, I, Robot, and a slew of others contemplate what a robot, a machine with artificial intelligence, might do if they could... Continue Reading →

May 3, 2021