Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: FNC 2022 19 Oct 202228 Sep 2023 Short Ends had the pleasure to attend the latest edition of the Festival du Nouveau CinĂ©ma (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…
Coming of Age Growing Up into A Giant 1 May 20221 May 2022 Dear Dad, Do you remember us racing every Sunday to get to the Blockbuster? You used to say that whoever got there first could choose the movies we were watching…
Coming of Age The Clovehitch Killer: Recognizing and rejecting a birthright 1 May 202230 Apr 2022 As a boy growing up in a sexist environment, my experience with patriarchal violence was often abstracted, rationalized, and ultimately hidden. There were so many ways in which I, and…
Coming of Age It Takes a Village To Raise a Child 1 May 202230 Apr 2022 From San’s ecofeminist rage in Princess Mononoke (1997) to Chihiro’s unlikely but triumphant heroism in Spirited Away (2001), Hayao Miyazaki has a special gift for writing compelling female characters that…
Coming of Age Come and See: The Trouble Starts with Kids 1 May 202230 Apr 2022 When you grow up in Russia, the Second World War, or how it is referred to there – A Great Patriotic War, is the most popular subject in the media.…
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