Canadian film Archives

Louis Gossett Jr. and Ana Golja in The Cuban

CONTEST: Win a digital copy of The Cuban

by That Shelf Staff | November 5, 2020

To celebrate the release of The Cuban, we're giving away four (4) digital rental copies of the film. Find out how you can win now!

The Cuban Review: A Sweetly Familiar Tune

by Pat Mullen | November 4, 2020

Music provides the spice of life in Sergio Navarretta's drama starring Louis Gossett, Jr.

Monkey Beach Review: More Like Monkey Trouble

by Pat Mullen | October 29, 2020

Every year has one film that is painful to review, and for 2020, it’s Monkey Beach.

Awards Shelf: What Could Be Canada’s Oscar Submission?

by Pat Mullen | October 25, 2020

Could Deepa, Nadia, or Maria have a date with Oscar?

Jump, Darling Review

by Barbara Goslawski | October 2, 2020

In Jump, Darling, writer/director Phil Connell achieves something extraordinary: using familiar tropes, he fashions a touching film that is refreshingly unique.

Changing Reels Episode 70 – Nurse.Fighter.Boy

by Changing Reels | September 30, 2020

Canadian Screen Awards winning filmmaker Alicia K. Harris joins Courtney for Nurse.Fighter.Boy!

TIFF 2020: The Kid Detective Review

by Pat Mullen | September 19, 2020

The central mystery of The Kid Detective is, "Who exactly is the audience for this movie?"

TIFF 2020: Saint-Narcisse Review

by Pat Mullen | September 19, 2020

Bruce LaBruce's twisted twins tale SAINT-NARCISSE gives new meaning to the phrase "go f*** yourself."

TIFF 2020: Underplayed Review

by Courtney Small | September 19, 2020

Stacey Lee’s Underplayed presents a sprawling and energetic portrait of a landscape in need of a change.

Nadia, Butterfly Review: Life in a Fishbowl

by Pat Mullen | September 17, 2020

Pascal Plante's second dramatic features stars Katerine Savard as an Olympic swinner imagining life after sports.

TIFF 2020: Beans Review

by Pat Mullen | September 16, 2020

A coming of age tale set amid the Oka Crisis.

Violation’s Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli on TIFF’s Most Twisted Film

by Pat Mullen | September 16, 2020

Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli on their first feature.

A photo of Billy Tipton sitting on a table in a still from No Ordinary Man

TIFF 2020: No Ordinary Man Review

by Barbara Goslawski | September 12, 2020

No Ordinary Man is a stunner of a documentary. It’s a hybrid really, in which the filmmakers Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt add just the right dose of creative fiction to galvanise the largely forgotten history of a trans icon, American Jazz musician Billy Tipton.