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Director Jeff Barnaby, who helped Indigenous filmmakers dream bigger, dies at 46

Director Jeff Barnaby, who helped Indigenous filmmakers dream bigger, dies at 46

Within an Indigenous filmmaking community that's still growing into its newfound power, Mi'kmaq director Jeff Barnaby is already being called a visionary whose influence has yet to be fully understood in Canada or elsewhere.
For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Whoopi Goldberg was invited to help produce an Emmett Till project, the actor thought she knew everything about the Black teenager’s 1955 kidnapping and lynching — until she learned the untold stories about how his mother hand
Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Bong Joon Ho's “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe , Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision
Review: Romance, mystery in Korean noir ‘Decision to Leave’

Review: Romance, mystery in Korean noir ‘Decision to Leave’

An insomniac detective falls for a beautiful suspect in a suspicious death he’s investigating in “Decision to Leave.
Calgary temporarily renames bus route "Crybaby" to honour pop stars Tegan and Sara

Calgary temporarily renames bus route "Crybaby" to honour pop stars Tegan and Sara

Calgary's transit authority is temporarily renaming a city bus route in honour of indie pop stars Tegan and Sara and their upcoming television series.
Netflix's 'Knives Out' sequel to play Canadian cinemas countrywide

Netflix's 'Knives Out' sequel to play Canadian cinemas countrywide

TORONTO — Netflix is bringing its star-studded whodunit "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" to the big screen in Canada.
'Rosie' director Gail Maurice on the difficult road to making a queer Indigenous film

'Rosie' director Gail Maurice on the difficult road to making a queer Indigenous film

TORONTO — Métis filmmaker Gail Maurice fought for years to get her debut film "Rosie" onto the big screen while staying true to telling an inspiring story of Indigeneity and queer identity.
Review: 'Till' grippingly reorients an American tragedy

Review: 'Till' grippingly reorients an American tragedy

Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till .
'Amsterdam' and 'Lyle Lyle' struggle, letting 'Smile' repeat

'Amsterdam' and 'Lyle Lyle' struggle, letting 'Smile' repeat

NEW YORK (AP) — David O. Russell's star-studded 1930s mystery “Amsterdam" flopped and the children's book adaptation “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” debuted softly, allowing the horror thriller “Smile” to repeat atop the box office in U.S.
Blanchett and Field grapple with power, process in 'Tár'

Blanchett and Field grapple with power, process in 'Tár'

Cate Blanchett has heard the line before. “I wrote this part for you" is a director-actor pickup line, she said. It is not usually to be believed.