Predators avoids the structural safety nets of traditional documentary filmmaking. There’s no narration guiding us toward a particular point of view, no dramatic underscore telling us how to feel.
Good Boy is a microbudget haunted house horror told from the perspective of a dog. Its premise is straightforward: Indy, a retriever with no supernatural abilities, must protect his human companion Todd from a presence only he can sense.
Intimacy, Estrangement, and the Crow: Chloé Robichaud on her Film, TWO WOMEN The snow drifts slowly across the screen in the opening moments of Two Women, immediately anchoring us in…
Ebony and Ivory is not a biopic. It’s not even about the song. What it is, however, is an off-the-wall, slow-burn character piece that invites discomfort, absurdity, and unexpected moments of surrealism.
A Subversion of the Exorcism Genre: Michael Peterson on SHADOW OF GOD Ahead of the 2025 Calgary Underground Film Festival, I connected over Zoom with Michael Peterson, the Calgary-based director…
After premiering at SXSW 2025, $POSITIONS now makes its way to CUFF 2025 — a perfect home for Brandon Daley’s chaotic, hyper-topical debut.
Now in its 22nd year, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) has evolved from local curio to one of the most respected genre festivals on the circuit — not just in Canada, but globally.
On its surface, The Heirloom may look like a conventional relationship drama, orbiting the ever-present possibility of a breakup. Beneath that, though, Petrie has crafted a nuanced film on obsession, control, and self-hatred.
When I sit down with Pete Ohs and the cast of The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, it’s late in the day. They’ve been talking about this film for hours, moving from one press interview to the next, yet somehow, once we start discussing collaboration and creative freedom, their energy shifts. Sleepy eyes brighten. The conversation becomes less about promoting a movie and more about why they make them in the first place.
When I sit down with Annie St-Pierre at the Epidemic Sound Filmmaker & Industry Lounge at SXSW, I don’t expect us to start talking about Reuben and the Dark. But within minutes, we realize we have something in common – her partner plays in the band, a group I’ve seen live multiple times back in Calgary. It’s a small-world moment, but fitting, considering the film we’re here to discuss.