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2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light

With five feature films under his belt, this past summer Maxime Giroux moved into the saddle of his English language debut (2014's Félix et...

2022 Gala Québec Cinéma: Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” Sweeps Quebec Oscars (Iris)

The TIFF Platform comp title, official selection for Canada for Best International Feature Film category and sophomore feature by Ivan Grbovic was crowned Best...

My Salinger Year | Review

Raise High the Roofbeams, Cinema: Falardeau’s Warm Homage Clangs Carpe Diem “I think that one of these days…you’re going to find out where you want...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #33. My Salinger Year – Philippe Falardeau

My Salinger Year Quebec’s Philippe Falardeau will unleash his highest profile project to date next year with My Salinger Year, an adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s...

Video Interview: Maxime Giroux – The Great Darkened Days

From working with a text about a path that is crossed with improbable odds in Felix et Meira, to the alienating, but nonetheless road...

Félix et Meira | Review

What’s Under the Hat?: Giroux Proposes Unorthodox Paradox Confectioned with a what makes us different makes us the same counterargument, Maxime Giroux’s third feature is...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...