Upstream Color: how love and hope can overcome a cycle of evil and bring about healing
Shane Carruth, “Upstream Color” (2012) Since making “Primer”, Shane Carruth’s career as film director and
Category: North American Films
Reviews of films made in Canada and United States including all films made by Hollywood.
Frankenstein (dir. J Searle Dawley): horror films are born in short film lesson on the evils of humans playing God
J Searle Dawley, “Frankenstein” (1910) Made by Edison Studios in 1910, this is the first
House of Wax: realism versus art and artifice in horror cult film
Andre de Toth, “House of Wax” (1953) “House of Wax” was the movie that established
Repo Man: science fiction comedy satire on the beginnings of Western capitalist / consumerist culture’s downfall
Alex Cox, “Repo Man” (1984) Dare I say that with the passage of time, this
The Sweet Hereafter: a fragmented film labouring under too many issues about loss and betrayal of children
Atom Egoyan, “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997) It won quite a few Best Film and Director
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: a psychedelic slapstick comedy satire on American society and its values
Terry Gilliam, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998) From that period of Johnny Depp’s
Breaking Inequality: a well-intentioned documentary based on a simplistic view of corruption in American politics and economy
“Breaking Inequality” (2013) An urgent and impassioned documentary made to appeal to all Americans, “Breaking
A highly informative documentary about GE plants in “A Silent Forest: the Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees”
Ed Schehl, “A Silent Forest: the Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees” (2011) Narrated by Canadian
Quills: a shallow treatment of individual rebellion against a repressive society
Philip Kaufman, “Quills” (2000) Intended as an inquiry into the extremes of sexual licentiousness and
A harrowing but necessary report on new drug scourge in “Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor”
Nick Alhmark / Vice, “Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor” (2013) Distressing to watch, yes, but