Outtakes Festival Spotlight: RIDM 2022 18 Jan 202318 Jan 2023 The 2022 edition of RIDM has come and gone, leaving us with some long-lasting, thought-provoking films in our collective memory. These are the documentaries that sparked Juan Ospina and Antoine…
Outtakes Festival Spotlight: SPASM 2022 8 Nov 2022 Just like that, another edition of Montreal’s gut-busting, demon-summoning, face-punching Spasm Film Festival comes to a close. Here is a list of short films that were the highlights of my…
Profiles In Conversation: Miryam Charles, Reimagining Grief, and Spaces Inbetween in Cette Maison 28 Oct 202228 Oct 2022 Miryam Charles’ debut feature film Cette Maison had its premiere at the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal (FNC) on October 9th. Over the past year, I have been working…
Profiles In Conversation: Deco Dawson, Diaspora, and the Universalness of Solitude 28 Oct 202228 Oct 2022 In the frame of the Festival de Nouveau Cinema, I was able to interview Canadian filmmaker Deco Dawson. The 8th of October had a chilly morning and overcast skies, an…
Outtakes Festival Spotlight: FNC 2022 19 Oct 20228 Nov 2022 Short Ends had the pleasure to attend the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC). Although the festival has come and gone, these are the films that left an indelible…
Food Food Anxieties and Futures in The Divine Fist of the North Star 1 Jul 20221 Jul 2022 The Divine Fist of the North Star (1983-88) is a kick-ass manga series later adapted into an anime (1984-88) that follows a young man named Kenshiro who carries the legacy…
Food Staunch Characters and Not-So-Fine Dining: Food and the Direct Cinema of Grey Gardens 1 Jul 20225 Jan 2023 You can't have your cake and eat it too, in life. Oh, yes, I did. I did, I had my cake, loved it, masticated it, chewed it and had everything…
Food For the Love of Soup: the Quest for Perfect Ramen in Tampopo 1 Jul 2022 I love soup. To my friends and family, this obsession can seem a little unusual. After all, much of western cuisine tends to place soup in a supporting role. In…
Food Fresh Meat 1 Jul 2022 Food is an essential part of everyone's life, and its primary purpose is to provide the nutrition that is necessary for the existence of any human being. However, throughout history,…
Coming of Age When Growing Up Rhymes with Isolation: Youth Alienation in Quebec Cinema 1 May 20221 May 2022 TW: Suicide, overdose Whenever the term ‘coming-of-age’ is being discussed, one would usually assume that the rite of passage undertook by the young protagonist would ultimately lead them through some…
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