Maybe it’s because of our national humility, but there’s never been a truly epic Canadian film. We’re a nation that creates intimate art house fare, not big blockbuster battle sequences. Passchendaele is ambitious because it aspires to be unlike every Canadian film and its scope can truly be described as a formula for an instant… Continue reading Homegrown talent takes to the screen
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Film straddles between love and war
Long have Canadians watched films about American heroism in war, leaving an obvious, unrealized niche in North American cinema. With all the excitement over Paul Gross’ new film, Passchendaele, it is easy to mistakenly believe that the movie has anything at all to do with the infamous Third Battle of Ypres, in which the Canadian… Continue reading Film straddles between love and war