film festival Archives

Sundance Film Festival Announces an Impressive 2021 Lineup

by Victor Stiff | December 15, 2020

The Sundance Film Festival’s impressive 2021 lineup includes 72 Features, 50 Shorts, 4 Indie Series, and 14 New Frontier Projects.

Cuff.Docs 2020 Announces Hybrid Documentary Film Festival Program

by Victor Stiff | November 9, 2020

Cuff.Docs 8th edition announces hybrid documentary film festival program.

Amazon Prime Video & SXSW Team Up for One-Time Online Film Festival Collection

by Victor Stiff | April 2, 2020

Amazon Prime Video and SXSW have teamed up to launch “Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection.”

Sundance 2020: Jumbo Review

by Wilson Kwong | January 26, 2020

Noémie Merlant falls in love with a rollercoaster in Zoé Wittock's Jumbo, premiering at Sundance 2020.

Shelf Help: What is Your Favourite Sundance Film?

by Deirdre Crimmins | January 25, 2020

The 2020 Sundance Film Festival is already underway and we want to know what is your favourite Sundance film? Here are some of ours!

Sundance 2020: Bad Hair Review

by Victor Stiff | January 24, 2020

Justin Simien’s satirical horror-comedy Bad Hair gleefully interrogates America’s oppressive beauty standards.

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by That Shelf Staff | December 14, 2019

We're teaming up with our friends from HighballTV to bring festival cinema home to you! We want to give you the chance to win a FREE one-year subscription to the film festival streaming service!

Rendezvous With Madness 2019 Line-up

by Victor Stiff | October 3, 2019

The 27th annual Rendezvous With Madness festival will feature movies, a visual arts exhibition, and a comedy showcase.

Fantasia 2019: Swallow Review

by Ben Shane | July 17, 2019

Swallow was not afraid to hold back when it comes to disturbing subject matter, but it doesn't simply exist to shock its audience with gratuitous amounts of gore.

Fantasia 2019: Little Monsters Review

by Ben Shane | July 15, 2019

While Little Monsters is easily watchable and entertaining, there just isn't anything great about it. It's a passable horror movie, but we can't say it works very well.

Fantasia 2019: The Art of Self Defense Review

by Ben Shane | July 12, 2019

It seems harder and harder to find movies that can balance style and substance, fortunately Riley Stearns' new film The Art of Self Defense – starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots – does so perfectly.