Montréal, My Beautiful (Montréal, Ma Belle)
Acclaimed actress Joan Chen (The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Lust, Caution, Didi) stars in Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful), a deeply emotional family drama and May-December lesbian love story from Chinese-Canadian director Xiaodan He (A Touch of Spring) Feng Xia (Chen), a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life […]
Space Cadet
March Break Screenings Named one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2025 Based on acclaimed Canadian musician Kid Koala’s award-winning graphic novel of the same name, Space Cadet is a dialogue-free animated film that portrays the tender story of a young girl, Celeste, and the first-generation Guardianbot she loves. ROBOT always watched over Celeste, until she […]
Secretary
Take a sharp turn into the unknown with this series featuring genre faves, cult classics, unsung gems and more. Long before “Fifty Shades of Grey” became a phenomenon, “Secretary” explored a BDSM romantic relationship and the power dynamic between an attorney and his secretary, shocking and fascinating many audiences. Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), is the […]
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF OTTAWA: Mile End Kicks
From writer-director Chandler Levack (I Like Movies) comes the vibrant, funny, and heartfelt Mile End Kicks, named one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2025. Aspiring music critic Grace Pine (Barbie Ferreira) moves from Toronto to Montreal’s Mile End in the early 2010s to write a book about Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. Immersed […]
