Articles by Courtney Small
It Took a Village to Create 'Village Keeper': "This Film Was Very Much a Labour of Love"
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
"Mothers, they do so many things and most of which we don't see," says filmmaker Karen Chapman, "and so many times they do this by...
'Can I Get a Witness?' Asks Intriguing Questions with Insubstantial Answers
Directed by Ann Marie Fleming
PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2025
Imagine a world where climate change crisis is no longer a concern and poverty has been eliminated around the globe. A world free of the...
'Hard Truths' Gets Real About the Human Condition
Directed by Mike Leigh
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2025
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) has a lot on her mind and wants everyone she encounters to know it. Serving up her brand of opinions like a...
'The Brutalist' Builds Up and Tears Down the American Dream
Directed by Brady Corbet
PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
The first thing that Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody) sees upon emerging from the dark, cramped...
'Play It Loud: How Toronto Got Soul' Traces the Roots of the Iconic Toronto Sound
Directed by Graeme Mathieson
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Collecting tales of the impact and influence Jamaican musicians have had on the Toronto music scene like Thanos collects Infinity Stones...
'The Line' Exposes the Toxic Side of Frat Life
Directed by Ethan Berger
PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2024
The horrors of hazing at fraternities have been well-documented and condemned over the years. However, despite the depths of humiliation an...
'The Piano Lesson' Strikes a Healing Chord
Directed by Malcolm Washington
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2024
Eight years after Denzel Washington brought August Wilson's play 'Fences' to cinematic life, another Washington is trying his hand at one of...
'Spirit in the Blood' Muddles Its Worthy Message
Directed by Carly May Borgstrom
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2024
"We just wanted to be brave!" declares 15-year-old Emerson Grimm (Summer H. Howell) at a pivotal moment in Carly May Borgstrom's thriller...
