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Hey, Viktor!: Adding a Lowbrow Dimension to Canadian Cringe

Hey, Viktor!: Adding a Lowbrow Dimension to Canadian Cringe

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 10, 2024Hey, Viktor!, TIFF 23, Canadian film, Cody Lightning, Smoke Signals, Comedy, Hannah Cheesman, Simon Baker, Colin Mochrie, Adam Beach, Phil Burke, Conway Kootenay, Indigenous films and filmmakersComment

ImagineNATIVE Film Fest Turns 23 With Mysticism, Mascot-Busting and Makeshift Families

ImagineNATIVE Film Fest Turns 23 With Mysticism, Mascot-Busting and Makeshift Families

By Jim Slotek

Review, PreviewJim SlotekOctober 17, 2022The ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Darlene Naponse, Indigenous films and filmmakers, Shelley Niro, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Braeden Clarke, Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting, Aviva Kempner and Cheyenne filmmaker Ben West, Rosie, Gail Maurice, Keris Hope HillComment

TIFF '21 Capsule Reviews, Round Two

TIFF '21 Capsule Reviews, Round Two

By Jim Slotek, Linda Barnard, Thom Ernst, Karen Gordon, Kim Hughes, Liam Lacey, and Bonnie Laufer

Beans: Coming-of-Age Tale Inspired by Oka Crisis Tells Compelling Story Despite Some Bumps

Beans: Coming-of-Age Tale Inspired by Oka Crisis Tells Compelling Story Despite Some Bumps

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 21, 2021Beans, Tracey Deer, TIFF, Kiawentiio, Woon-A-Tai, D'Pharaoh, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, indigenous films, Canada, Drama, Indigenous films and filmmakers, Coming of ageComment

Rustic Oracle: An Indigenous story of truthful fiction - tragedy and despair filtered through a child's eyes

Rustic Oracle: An Indigenous story of truthful fiction - tragedy and despair filtered through a child's eyes

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 24, 2020Rustic Oracle, Disappearances and murders of Indigenous women, Sonia Bonspille Boileau, Carmen Moore, McKenzie Deer Robinson, Lake Delisle, Indigenous films and filmmakersComment