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Sweet Angel Baby: Canadian Drama a Heartbreaker About Women, Sexuality, and Identity

Sweet Angel Baby: Canadian Drama a Heartbreaker About Women, Sexuality, and Identity

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 13, 2025Sweet Angel Baby, Melanie Oates, Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney, TIFF 24, Canadian drama, Canadian, Women in film, SexualityComment

The Boathouse: Knowingly Generic Thriller, With Nowhere to Go

The Boathouse: Knowingly Generic Thriller, With Nowhere to Go

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 8, 2021The Boathouse, Jane Eyre, Nanny in peril sgtories, Hannah Cheesman, Michaela Kurimsky, Alan Van Sprang, Jack Fulton, Elizabeth StewartComment

A Fire in The Cold Season: Canuck Noir Offers Artful Take on Crime Thriller Genre

A Fire in The Cold Season: Canuck Noir Offers Artful Take on Crime Thriller Genre

By Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewJim SlotekOctober 1, 2020A Fire in the Cold Season, Jason Oakey, Stephen Oates, Michaela Kurimsky, Canadian, Crime thriller, Noir, NewfoundlandComment

Firecrackers: Canadian girls' coming-of-age story pops with teenage angst, naive confidence and betrayal

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 28, 2019Canadian coming of age movies, Jasmin Mozaffari, Firecrackers, Teenage friendship films, Michaela Kurimsky, Karena Evans, Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant, Independent filmsComment