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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron Explores Grief and Displacement

September 14, 2023

A grieving boy finds himself on a wild adventure to save his stepmother in Hayao Miyazaki’s latest Studio Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron. There was understandably a lot of hype around The Boy and the Heron at TIFF 2023 as this was supposedly the last Studio Ghibli film by Hayao Miyazaki. ...

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Critic Tries to Do Too Much, and Focuses on Nothing

September 14, 2023

In The Critic, Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is a cranky theatre critic whose career is at stake. Then he hits upon a brilliant but horrifying plan to secure his future, but only if he can get theatre actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton) to help him.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Boil Alert Promises to Protect Indigenous Waters

September 13, 2023

On a mission to travel the ‘Red Road’ and reconnect with her Mohawk heritage through the power of water, activist Layla Staats investigates the Indigenous reservations in North American that have been under a ‘boil alert,’ boil-water advisories because the water is unsafe to drink.

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TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Seagrass Explores Racial Dynamics at a Couples’ Retreat

September 12, 2023

In Seagrass, Judith (Ally Maki) and her husband Steve (Luke Roberts) try and save their marriage at an unconventional couples’ therapy retreat, but they may not like what they discover about their relationship.

Essays, Television and Film

ESSAY: Dead at 55: Day of the Dead (1985)

September 8, 2023

Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups. Nine years passed between Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, after which another seven years went by until Day of the Dead was ...

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ESSAY: Dead at 55: Zombi 2 (1979)

August 25, 2023

Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups. Back in the seventies and eighties, if a genre of action or horror film left its mark, then there was one sure testament to its success: a ...

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ESSAY: Dead at 55: Dawn of the Dead (1978)

August 11, 2023

Continuing a series that celebrates the fifty-fifth anniversary of Night of the Living Dead with a look at the classic zombie film and its many follow-ups. The 1978 film Dawn of the Dead is, in certain quarters, regarded as belonging to that hallowed category of sequels better than their ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Manga, Television and Film

COMICS ACADEME: Spriggan: A Fun, Action-Packed Mix of Archaeology, Aliens, and International Politics – Part Three

August 9, 2023

By Solène Mallet Gauthier and Stephanie Halmhofer This text contains spoilers This post concludes a three part series! Read Part One here, and Part Two here. Spriggan made a comeback in 2022 with the release of a deluxe edition of the complete original 1989-1996 manga series (Seven Seas ...

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COMICS ACADEME: Spriggan: A Fun, Action-Packed Mix of Archaeology, Aliens, and International Politics – Part Two

August 3, 2023

By Solène Mallet Gauthier and Stephanie Halmhofer This text contains spoilers This is Part Two of a series! Read Part One here. Spriggan made a comeback in 2022 with the release of a deluxe edition of the complete original 1989-1996 manga series (Seven Seas Entertainment) and a 6-episode ...

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REVIEW: Hot Docs 2023 — We Are Guardians Rings the Bell on the Fate of the Amazon

August 2, 2023

Editors Note: This review is part of a series of reviews from the Hot Docs Festival that took place from April 27th to May 7th 2023 in Toronto, Canada. We Are Guardians follows a group of forest activists in Tenetehara as they protect their homes from illegal loggers despite the great risk to ...

Television and Film

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Boy and the Heron Explores Grief and Displacement

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: The Critic Tries to Do Too Much, and Focuses on Nothing

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Boil Alert Promises to Protect Indigenous Waters

TIFF 2023 REVIEW: Seagrass Explores Racial Dynamics at a Couples’ Retreat

ESSAY: Dead at 55: Day of the Dead (1985)

ESSAY: Dead at 55: Zombi 2 (1979)

ESSAY: Dead at 55: Dawn of the Dead (1978)

COMICS ACADEME: Spriggan: A Fun, Action-Packed Mix of Archaeology, Aliens, and International Politics – Part Three

COMICS ACADEME: Spriggan: A Fun, Action-Packed Mix of Archaeology, Aliens, and International Politics – Part Two

REVIEW: Hot Docs 2023 — We Are Guardians Rings the Bell on the Fate of the Amazon

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