Hollywood at Home: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
I avoided this film. Its title screams of eventual heartbreak. Admittedly I’m not one for seeking catharsis in movies. I know many audiences out there do, which is why the …
Film and Cinema
Screening room: the end of film as we know it
Bewabon and Travis Shilling are painters from Rama First Nations in Orillia. The brothers follow the same path as their late father Arthur Shilling. A curated collection of Arthur Shilling’s …
Trent Film Society Presents: The Fall (2006)
At one point in Indian director Tarsem Singh’s The Fall, a question is brought up: what is an epic? Although just shy of two hours in length, The Fall itself …
The numbers game: films reduced to ratings
I’m a filmmaker, but I’ve also dabbled as a film critic. The practice is still new to me and there are times where exploring such work inspires an uncomfortable sentiment …
Trent Film Society Presents: The Dreamers (2003)
We at Trent Film Society would like to thank everyone for coming out to our screening of Amélie at Market Hall. We are continuing on with our theme of French …
They’re listening: the screen on the wall
Just this week a slew of the world’s news networks reported that Samsung, a giant in the home-tech world, has been listening to its customers – and not in a …
Trent Film Society presents: Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin de Amélie Poulain)
Bienvenue, cinéphiles! Trent Film Society are enchantés to present the third film in our February series of quirky love stories: French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s breakthrough success, Le Fabuleux Destin de …
Trent Film Society Presents: Secretary (2002)
Trent Film Society (TFS) is happy to bring you the second instalment in our February line-up of unconventional love stories: Steven Shainberg’s kinky independent romantic comedy, Secretary (2002). Despite having …
The 2016 ReFrame Film Festival: a review
At Galaxy Cinemas on Thursday, January 28, ReFrame opened their 12th festival with a red carpet. I assume this carpet was a commentary or joke about the nature of film …
The representation of sexual violence in two new films
Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang (France/Germany/Turkey/Qatar, 2015) and Lenny Abrahamson’s Room (Ireland/Canada, 2015) have had great success on the festival circuit and in popular consciousness. The fictional films have led me …