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‘Animal Farm’ review: Director Andy Serkis softens George Orwell classic for family animation
Dir: Andy Serkis. Canada/UK/USA. 2025. 96mins
Initially conceived by George Orwell as a satirical allegory for the Russian Revolution and the following struggles of the...
‘Endless Cookie’ review: Annecy’s Contrechamp winner is an inventive portrait of Canadian half-brothers
Dirs: Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver. Canada. 2025. 97mins
The riffing, noodling conversations between two Canadian half-brothers – one Indigenous and one white – are the...
‘Death Does Not Exist’ review: Animation follows young activists into battle
Dir/scr: Felix Dufour-Laperrier. Canada/France. 2025. 72mins
The strain between social duty and private preservation takes centre stage on this Canadian French animation, whose expressive hand-drawn...
‘Die, My Love’ review: Jennifer Lawrence sparks Lynne Ramsay’s portrait of a troubled marriage
Dir: Lynne Ramsay. Canada. 2025. 119mins
As a brand new mom unravelling in terrifying style, Jennifer Lawrence is the match that lights Lynne Ramsay’s gripping,...
‘Peak Everything’ review: Anne Emond’s bilingual romance takes some outlandish detours
Dir/scr: Anne Emond. Canada. 2025. 100mins.
A French man struggling a psychological well being disaster finds hope in probably the most unlikely of locations in...
‘Shifting Baselines’ review: Behind the scenes at Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase
Dir/scr: Julien Elie. Canada. 2024. 100mins
Centered round Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase In Boca Chica, Texas, Julien Elie’s clever, multifaceted documentary Shifting Baselines constructs a...
‘Everest Dark’ review: A Sherpa’s last summit to bring back the dead
Dir: Jereme Watt. Canada. 2025. 90mins
The enduring fascination of the world’s highest mountain is reframed on this dutifully stirring documentary a couple of famend...
‘Honey Bunch’ review: Bold Canadian period genre from the makers of ’Violation’
Dirs/scr: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli. Canada. 2025. 113mins.
All the way down to its final sudden zoom and misty anamorphic filter, the second function by...
‘Paul’ review: Denis Côté doc explores the surprising benefits of submissive cleaning
Dir: Denis Côté. Canada. 2025. 87mins
Surrendering management is the one technique of taking cost in Paul, Denis Côté’s quirky, non-judgemental documentary which follows a person on a private...
‘Dead Lover’: Rotterdam Review
Dir. Grace Glowicki. Canada. 2025. 86mins
With its mix of lurid camp and twisted romanticism, its embrace of gleefully lo-fi particular results and a twangy...