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Interview: Matthew Rankin – Universal Language (2024 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival)

Imagine Tim Hortons' signage were comically flipped from right to left, or the face on Canada’s banknote replaced with the haunting image of Louis...

Interview: Producer Sylvain Corbeil – Universal Language (2024 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival)

Marking his second decade as a film producer, I had the opportunity to sit down with Montreal-based Sylvain Corbeil at the 2024 Marrakech International...

Teaser for Chloé Robichaud’s “Deux femmes en or”

We've got the first (really early) look at Chloé Robichaud's fourth feature film -- which is set to drop next summer (domestic Quebec release)...

La femme de mon frère | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Is There a Doctorate in the House? Chokri Skids and Skates without Moving Moving from her award-winning short Quelqu'un d’extraordinaire (2013) debut which dealt with...

Monia Chokri’s La Femme De Mon Frère | 2019 Cannes Film Festival

After dealing with separation necessity in her award-winning short Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire (2013), Monia Chokri's deals in separation anxiety with La Femme de mon frère (A Brother’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #96. La femme de mon frère (My Brother’s Wife) – Monia Chokri

La femme de mon frère French-Canadian actress Monia Chokri makes her directorial debut with My Brother’s Wife (La femme de mon frère). Produced by Nancy...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.