must see films

Washed up upon the shores of northern Greenland, a ragtag collection of scientists and artists wander the wild and untamed landscape. A beautiful and incredibly

In 2012, feminist performance art, punk rock collective Pussy Riot nabbed international headlines when they were arrested for a protest inside the Moscow Cathedral of

Israeli director Ari Folman’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed autobiographical war movie Waltz with Bashir (2008) isn’t much like that film, nor is it likely

I sat down with Jason James over the weekend to chat about his first feature-film, That Burning Feeling, currently showing at this year’s edition of VIFF.

I’ll admit I was apprehensive about seeing another story about a young woman falling in love with a beast. I expected the usual gender tropes,

  Sam Fleischner’s Stand Clear of the Closing Doors(2013) is a hypnotic, atmospheric exploration of the New York City underground through the eyes of an

Asghar Farhadi is the master of the dark secret. Coming off of 2011’s A Separation, his Academy Award winning film about a family unraveling, Farhadi’s

Some stories are not meant to be long. They are meant to be concise, direct, a glimpse, a moment, five minutes, a single incident, or

Under self-appropriated exile from his native country of Iran, Bahman Mohassess is found by filmmaker Mitra Farahani residing in a hotel room. Now living in

The fall has officially arrived. The wind and rain are here to remind us that staying inside and watching a film with a steaming mug