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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 280: Canadian Screen Awards 2024

The ⁠Canadian Screen Awards⁠ celebrate the best in film, television and web content from Canada, and we discuss the films that were nominated and won at this year’s ceremony. Movies discussed include BlackBerry, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, The Queen of my Dreams, Red Rooms and more! Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one […]

TIFF 2023: Solo Review

Winner of Best Canadian Feature at TIFF, Solo beautifully captures what it means to define yourself on your own terms.

Letterboxing: 10 Most Popular Films of 2018

Letterboxd has released its yearly stats based on the viewing habits of the site’s nearly one million movie lovers – so there’s a pretty good chance you spent 2018 watching their top 10 most popular movies.

Solo Review

The Canadian thriller Solo lives up to its modest title and supplies no more and no less than what’s needed to be effective. A stripped down killer-on-the-loose yarn and survival narrative, first time feature filmmaker Isaac Cravit has crafted a taut, beautifully shot, and well performed reworking of genre formula.

Interview: Annie Clark

We talk with former Degrassi: The Next Generation actress Annie Clark about her first starring role on the big screen in the Canadian thriller Solo and about her thoughts on modern thrillers, why she chose filming over a vacation, why she never became a camp counsellor herself, and the freedom of being able to get a little down and dirty for the sake of the character.