Filmmaker Gideon Baeza on Why ‘Hope Is Hip’

A conversation with filmmaker Gideon Baeza about the making of his short independent skate film, Hope is Hip.

Crocodile Dose (2026) is The Future of the Hangout Movie

Hypervisual Gen-Z hangout movie 'Crocodile Dose' proves that the kids are alright after all.

Always Moving, Going Nowhere: A Review of ‘Drinking And Driving’ (2026)

'Drinking and Driving' captures the grit, intimacy, and isolation of growing up in rural BC.

The Conclusion of ‘Digger’ Discourse

'Digger' and the explainification industrial complex.

OFF-VIFF 2026 | One-Day Showcase of Underground Cinema

OFF-VIFF is bringing four features from alternative and independent Canadian filmmakers for a 1-day festival at The Rio Theatre.

VIFF ’26: What Survives Us? An Interview with ‘Gasmask’ Filmmaker Harry Cepka

Filmmaker Harry Cepka discusses Gasmask, the preservation of memory, the afterlife of technology, and why we keep making art.

OFF-VIFF 2026: ‘Sugar Rot’ is a Sticky, Ooey-Gooey Body Horror About a Woman Consumed

Becca Kozak’s debut feature 'Sugar Rot' throws consent, sexual politics, mutant pregnancy, and male desire into one very fucked-up ice cream sundae.
OFF VIFF 2026 SHORT FILMS

OFF-VIFF 2026: Short Films From The Underground

A preview of the stellar short film program at OFF-VIFF this year.

Empathy Mutilates the Self: A Review of Louise Weard’s ‘Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage’

Louise Weard's confronting and intimate third chapter of 'Castration Movie' is an interrogation of the Self and the ways our own identities complicate our capacity for empathy.
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Puppygirl (2026) Review: The Short Leash of Cuckolding

Henry Hanson's 55-minute gonzo-doc Puppygirl turns everyone into a cuck, even you.

A Cinema of Necessity: ‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ is a Reminder of Cinema’s Proximity to Reality

Slavoj Žižek philosophizes utopia through film analyses in Sophie Fiennes third chapter of The Pervert's Guide.
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TIFF ’26: ‘Everybody Wants to F*ck Me’ Wants You to Hate Men More Than It Understands Women

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me tries to take aim at bad men while treating women as too feeble-minded to recognize them for themselves

TIFF ’26: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen… Brian Mulroney’ is a Psychedelic Trip to Canadian Self-Discovery

Matthew Rankin turns Canadian political nostalgia into kaleidoscopic cultural archaeology in Ladies and Gentleman...Brian Mulroney.

TIFF ’26 Review: Eugene Kotlyarenko’s Hypervisual Genre Frenzy ‘Vintage Violence’ is Screenlife At Its Most Inventive

Vintage Violence is Eugene Kotlyarenko's best film yet, taking an internet-poisoned generation to the neon utopian streets of Japan.
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TIFF ‘26 Review: ‘Anchors Aweigh’ Makes a Case for Documenting Your Stupid Life

Our review of Matt Barat's Anchors Aweigh, a hilarious 71-minute lo-fi excavation of a bruised ego.
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TIFF ’26: ‘Magazine’ is a Time Capsule for Millennial Optimism

Alexandra Pechman's feature film debut, Magazine, looks at the NYC literary scene before irony poisoning and doomscrolling took over.

Lockjaw (2026) Review: The Worst Person At The Party Is You

A review of Sabrina Greco's cringe-meets-mumblecore dark comedy, Lockjaw.

MUSCLEFEST: Dog Movie (2023) Review

If you are also intrigued by the title 'Dog Movie' you will probably love Henry Hanson's tenderqueer comedy.

MUSCLEFEST: A Transgressive Queer Cinema Showcase

A preview of what's screening at MUSCLEFEST, a 4-day fest for boundary-pushing queer cinema and deep cut restorations.

I Want Your (Enthusiastic, Verbal and Explicit) Sex 

A personal history of internet sex education collides with Araki and Sciortino’s generational diagnosis of Zoomer prudishness in 'I Want Your Sex'