#HotDocs21 Review: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2021 Hot Docs Festival is running virtually from April 29th to May 9th, all films are available to stream for audiences across Canada In her short documentary Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, filmmaker Courtney Montour explores the legacy of Indigenous women’s rights activist Mary Two-Axe… Read More #HotDocs21 Review: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

#HotDocs21 Review: A.rtificial I.mmortality

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2021 Hot Docs Festival is running virtually from April 29th to May 9th, all films are available to stream for audiences across Canada Director Ann Shin explores the concept of “digital immortality” in A.rtifical I.mmortality, the opening night film of this year’s virtual Hot Docs, a thought-provoking… Read More #HotDocs21 Review: A.rtificial I.mmortality

Shiva Baby is Now Available to Rent on the digital TIFF Bell Lightbox

By John Corrado One of the movies that I got to see at TIFF last year was Shiva Baby, a tightly wound and sharply written comedy set at a shiva that serves as a breakout film for both first time feature director Emma Seligman and star Rachel Sennott. The film is now available to rent… Read More Shiva Baby is Now Available to Rent on the digital TIFF Bell Lightbox

Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) In 2003, co-directors Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar released The Corporation, a documentary based upon a book by Canadian professor Joel Bakan that sought to psychoanalyze corporations as if they were people, and came to the conclusion that they would be diagnosed as psychopaths. Now, seventeen years later,… Read More Review: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

imagineNATIVE 2020 Review: Shadow of Dumont

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Growing up, writer/director Trevor Cameron was always fascinated by stories of his great-great-great-uncle, Gabriel Dumont. A Métis leader and lieutenant to Louis Riel, Dumont is a legendary figure for his involvement in the North-West Rebellions of 1885, gaining him the nickname the “Métis Braveheart.” Wanting to learn more… Read More imagineNATIVE 2020 Review: Shadow of Dumont

Inside Out 2020 Review: Sex, Sin & 69

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) In 1969, the Canadian government under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau made crucial changes to the criminal code under Bill C-150, partially decriminalizing homosexuality across the country. It was a historic move that struck down archaic “anti-buggery” and “gross indecency” laws, with Trudeau’s famous musing that “there’s no place… Read More Inside Out 2020 Review: Sex, Sin & 69