Hearse Chasing: Cassidy Waring and Teresa Alfeld Face Trauma Head-On Screening this week at CUFF.Docs in Calgary, the short documentary Hearse Chasing follows singer-songwriter Cassidy Waring as she returns to the city where she grew up to confront a childhood marked by addiction, loss, and lingering questions. The film grounds Cassidy’s story in specific places, … Read more
AACTA International Awards 2018 — Full List of Nominees The Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA) has released the nominees for its 2018 International Awards. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in Hollywood on 6 January 2018, and will be broadcast live in Australia via Foxtel Arts. This year’s shortlist highlights a … Read more
Nicole Bazuin on Modern Whore: Presenting a New Archetype of Sex Work What Modern Whore Is About Modern Whore is an 80-minute hybrid documentary directed by Nicole Bazuin, developed through a long-standing creative partnership with Andrea Werhun. Building on earlier short films and the memoir Modern Whore: A Memoir, this feature blends stylized reenactments, animation … Read more
The 20th British Independent Film Awards ceremony took place in London on Sunday 10 December 2017, celebrating excellence across the UK’s independent film scene. Hosted by actor, writer and producer Mark Gatiss, the evening handed out 24 awards recognising outstanding work from feature films, shorts, debut filmmakers and craftspeople. Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country emerged … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Director Annapurna Sriram Shares Her Handmade Pitch Deck for F**Ktoys ahead of the Calgary International Film Festival Annapurna Sriram in her film FUCKTOYS | Courtesy of the Calgary International Film Festival Recently, I spoke with Annapurna Sriram, the writer-director behind the bold new film Fucktoys, which is screening at the upcoming Calgary International Film … Read more
The 30th annual European Film Awards took place on Saturday, 9 December 2017, live from Berlin. The ceremony celebrated the best of European cinema, with more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy casting votes across 21 categories. The awards highlighted outstanding filmmaking achievement in directing, acting, writing, technical crafts and artistic contribution, and … Read more
Bryan Singer Fired from Bohemian Rhapsody Following On-Set Disruptions On Monday, December 4, 2017, director Bryan Singer was dismissed from his role on the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody by the studio 20th Century Fox. Production had already been interrupted earlier in the month, and studio officials cited significant disruptions and concerns about the director’s availability … Read more
TOUCH ME Film Review: An Unapologetically Strange Allegory of Abuse and Trauma TOUCH ME Still | Courtesy of Fantasia Film Festival Touch Me is a deliberately odd midnight horror piece that uses a surreal premise to explore trauma, addiction, and the tangled bonds of codependency. It wears its strangeness on its sleeve: grotesque, humorous, uncomfortable … Read more
Justice League (2017) Director: Zack Snyder Screenwriters: Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Amy Adams, Amber Heard, Ciarán Hinds, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Joe Morton, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons Overview After the turbulent 2016 releases that left Warner Bros. rethinking its approach to … Read more
Falsified (2017) Director: Stefan Fairlamb Screenwriter: Ashley Tabatabai Starring: Ashley Tabatabai, Mitchell Mullen The short drama Falsified, inspired by the historical kidnappings of children in Spain from the 1930s through the 1980s, aims to deliver a poignant tribute to affected families but ultimately struggles to realize its full potential. Director Stefan Fairlamb and screenwriter/actor Ashley … Read more