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Film Review: Arrow Video’s Life is a Long Quiet River (Arrow Academy)

The multi-César Award-winning Life is a Long Quiet River is a humorous look at two families separated by the class divide, yetContinue Reading

To coincide with Pride Month, Kino Marquee presents a three-part drama series from France. Fiertés (Proud) follows a young manContinue Reading

by Marie O'Sullivan May 30, 2020

“If you don’t know what you want, come in because we have it.” A quintessential outsider’s view on The American DreamContinue Reading

by A.W. Kautzer May 4, 2020

A loosely connected series of stories tell with darkly comedic wit and razor sharp satire the cost of technology, socialContinue Reading

by A.W. Kautzer May 2, 2020

Sometimes you need an intimate feel-good tale of someone defying the odds as an artist. That and a kick-ass soundtrack.Continue Reading

Mysteriously ignored by The Academy for Oscar nominations, writer and director Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire wonContinue Reading

Céline Sciamma’s film is what you want from a love story; ravishing, beautiful, and quietly powerful. Portrait of a Lady onContinue Reading

An unsung gem of French poetic realism from director Marcel Carné is being made available on Blu-Ray via Arrow Academy.Continue Reading

Marie picks her favourites from what’s been a solid, but not outstanding, year for film. 2019 has been a funnyContinue Reading

Sam Mendes’ 1917 takes the single take and the War Film further than it’s been before technically. Sam Mendes’ filmContinue Reading