Times are troubled globally, and many people feel hopeless. Richard Gere’s documentary Wisdom of Happiness: A Heart to Heart with Dalai Lama may comfort and strengthen those who feel stuck. In brief, AI describes the Dalai Lama as “the current spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and the head of the Gelug school, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Nobel Peace Prize winner. He is seen as the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and was recognized as such at age tw

John Candy was a giant of his generation. Physically big, yes, but in spirit, personality and comedy gifts, a behemoth. Born in Newmarket, Ontario and once established, a Queensville farm owner, his artistic journey to the top of the comedy heap was rapid. Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds’ documentary John Candy:  Like Me is thorough and incredibly moving. Son, daughter and wife Chris Candy, Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, Rosemary Candy offer heartfelt love and admiration of the late

The ninth annual, three-day Weengushk International Film Festival and Cultural Event on Manitoulin Island launches Friday with a full slate of Canadian and global indigenous films, live storytelling, arts and culture and free virtual screenings. This year’s theme is Legacy Makers: Honouring Chiefs Who Paved the Path Forward .  Artistic Director Dr. Shirley Cheechoo’s aim is to wishes to “create lasting impact that honours the past, embraces the present and builds a strong fu

Let’s celebrate June Squibb! Hardworking, tiny, mighty, she has an uncanny acting gift – a mix of power and subtlety She’s enlivened more...

Five-time Oscar winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and more superb films cemented him as a great...

TIFF offers its final two chances to see fest fave, Chloe Zhao’s critically acclaimed film Hamnet today and tomorrow. Paul Mescal is...

Darlene Naponse’ brilliant, wordless documentary AKI “earth, land, or ground in relation to the Anishnaabe homeland” was filmed in her...

Filmmaker Darlene Naponse’ arresting documentary AKI – “earth, land, or ground in relation to the Anishnaabe homeland” – was filmed on...

I Swear , the true story John Davidson is wrenchingly hard to watch, but it’s so easy to empathise with him and his struggles. The...

Riefenstahl by Andres Veiel raises the spectre of the Third Reich and its ignominy, focussing on its première filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl,...

… dreams indeed … Dust to Dreams Babystar Morgenkreis I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash 09/05/82 Franz My Father’s Shadow Nadja In...

Netflix ‘ Mae Martin miniseries Wayward casts an intriguingly odd and threatening spell in a remote forest where locals navigate...

Ok so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour , a sarcastic,...

Netflix’s pulse pounder mini series Hostage is such dark fun. It concerns the relationship between two female national leaders, left...

Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars...

Can’t remember the last time a film made me feel queasy and then Oh, Hi! happened.  Sophie Brooks’ unflinching look at love and cruelty...

Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight is a sad reminder of the evils of colonialism and how racists are created. Lexi Venter is...

Directed by Edivan Guajajara, co-founder of Mídia Indígena, Brazil’s leading Indigenous-led journalism collective and environmental...

Imagine a near future where the only thing that matters is keeping your family alive, as hordes of the starving roam the land for scraps...

The superior drama His Father’s Son reinvents the way we see families in cinema; this is a whole new animal, shot in Toronto by Meelad...