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FILM FESTIVAL REPORT – OIAF 2019

Another year, another festival gone by. Ever since 2013, I’ve been attending the Ottawa International Animation Festival every consecutive year; and I honestly hope that this trend won’t stop anytime soon. What makes the OIAF such a special festival, is it’s unfiltered lens on art and the social-political climate. Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, […]

Greener Grass – Review

There’s no escaping from the horrors of nuclear-family suburbia. With Greener Grass, it’s difficult to really comment on the film’s bizarre nature, without ruining the delightful obscurity and it’s absurd sequence of events. It’s a film that specifically delves into the confines of a pitch-perfect multi-verse, a technicolor fantasy of walking, moving puppets. Adapted from […]

I WAS AT HOME, BUT… – CIFF 2019 QUICKIE REVIEW

Angela Schanaelec’s third film I Was at Home, But… begins with a sequence of natural drama between animals, before transitioning to the film’s primary human characters. It’s a prelude for the rest of the film, deftly introducing us to the situation at hand. Widowed single mother Astrid (Maren Eggert) is struggling to keep it together, […]

Jojo Rabbit – FNC 2019 Review

Our world is currently in shambles. Neo-Nazis, boundary-breaking invasions, and the fight for humanitarian ethics, all seem like prime indicators of a fate that might just lead us into a third World War. As heat grows between confronting sides, it’s only a matter of time before the purified hate and disdain for others, becomes the […]

DOUBLE TAKE – ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

Welcome to Double Take, OUR FREQUENT collaborative writing series from the On The Clock team, in which two or more members of our writing committee review the same film, either with a similar or different opinion. Today’s article is on zOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP; which is now playing in cinemas nationwide! In the world of Zombieland, “Double Tap” […]

Synonyms – FNC 2019 Review

Adopting to a completely new culture can be a terrifying experience. As an individual whose parents are immigrants themselves, I’ve experienced a few of their same tragic obstacles in everyday Canadian life. The implied racist dialect, the aggressive tone of voice, and the shifts in slang are all factors directed towards a larger systematic problem. […]

The Whistlers – FNC 2019 Review

After surfing on a career high as one of the primary leaders of the Romanian New Wave, Corneliu Porumboiu has been changing the game with films such as The Treasure and Police, Adjective since 06’. The 44-year old director is an experimenter of sorts, an auteur who constantly plays with audience expectations, genre-tropes, and the […]

THE KING – LFF 2019 REVIEW

A bowl cut (exhibited by Timothée in The King) is specific to the person who wears it; not being a suitable fit for everyone. So is David Michôd’s The King, a film that feels like it’s an experience only some would particularly enjoy. Based on several plays from William Shakespeare’s “Henriad”, The King recounts the […]