“What would you choose if you had a second chance at defining your life? What kind of courage does artistic expression involve? And though appealing, camouflage deeper and darker secrets most fail to reckon?” Congratulations on your film playing and welcome to the wonder that is Whistler Film Festival! So is this your first […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: WALDEN LIFE IN THE WOODS director Alex Harvey
“This narrative feature film takes Henry Thoreau’s book WALDEN and refracts it through three contemporary stories that show people in different stages of cutting themselves free from attachments. Each narrative corresponds to one of the three lenses Thoreau used to look at modern life: Solitude, Friendship and Society. The film asks questions about taking part […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – LOVE, SCOTT director Laura Marie Wayne
“LOVE, SCOTT follows the journey of a young, gay musician, Scott Jones, who was attacked and left paralyzed from the waist down. The film is a window into Scott’s fragile process of healing as he learns to move through life in a wheelchair, all the while turning to music for healing as he seeks […]
Whistler Film Festival Interview: Zack Bernbaum and Katherine Fogler from THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA
Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Andrea Peek at the recent Austin Film Festival. THE DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA is currently screening at the Whistler Film Festival. I caught fellow Canadians Zack Bernbaum (director) and Katherine Fogler (lead actor, Sarah) in the Driskill Bar at the Oscar-contending Austin Film Festival for a […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – NOSE TO TAIL director Jesse Zigelstein
“Nose to Tail stars Aaron Abrams (HANNIBAL, BLINDSPOT) as a talented but abrasive chef struggling mightily with his personal demons and the relentless pressures of running a high-end restaurant. Over the course of one frantic day and night, he faces a rash of private trials and professional tribulations in a desperate bid to beat the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – RED ROVER director Shane Belcourt
“RED ROVER is a story about a guy who feels utterly rejected by everyone on Earth and figures applying for a one-way mission to Mars is his best bet to find happiness, until he meets Phoebe, an off-beat musician as lost as he is. This is a love story about fight or flight, when do […]
WFF 2018 Interview – BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS director Wendy McColm
“Magnolia on Acid. A dark comedy exploring the surreal and delusional life we choose when we do no have the tools to love.” Director Wendy McColm on BIRDS WITHOUT FEATHERS which screens at the 2018 edition of the Whistler Film Festival. When was the moment you said to yourself “I want to get into the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – Woodland director Jon Silverberg
“Set in 1989, Jake (Richard Harmon), an out-of-work photojournalist who struggles with addiction and a troubled past, takes a job as watchman of a wilderness lodge on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest, alongside veteran handyman Sparky (Philip Granger). Jake sets up a darkroom to develop the photos he shoots, which begin to reveal […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – 20 MINUTES TO LIFE director Veronika Kurz
“20 MINUTES TO LIFE is about Olivia, an elementary school “good kid” who has her very first detention. She imagines it as a prison, complete with guards, barred windows, and a prison warden. Once there, Olivia must befriend the “bad kids” and figure out how to solve 20,000 math problems in 20 minutes in order […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview – IN GOD I TRUST director Maja Zdanowski
“IN GOD I TRUST is a film that takes us deep into the unpredictable and penetrating realities of race and religion in America. Inspired by true events, the movie follows three characters and storylines that all come together during a random encounter in a small Northern Idaho town. The film wastes no time pushing the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: FUCK YOU ALL – THE UWE BOLL STORY director Sean Patrick Shaul
“FUCK YOU ALL: THE UWE BOLL STORY is a feature length documentary that looks at the life and career of notorious German filmmaker Uwe Boll. Love him or hate him, Uwe Boll is an undeniably interesting figure on the fringes of Hollywood. Outspoken and honest, Boll has always been a PR nightmare, yet somehow he […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: STOCKHOLM director Robert Budreau
“Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the psychological phenomenon, the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. The story focuses on a female bank employees (Noomi Rapace) who falls for her captor, an unhinged American outlaw (Ethan Hawke) as they turn […]
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Review: I Want It All
Editor’s note: Please welcome our new writer, Dustin Buursma, to Get Reel Movies! This is the first of many reviews from Dustin for the site. — JW, Managing Editor Early rumours from advanced screenings of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY had coloured my expectations: Freddie Mercury’s queerness had been downplayed in favour of a bigger biopic of the […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: THIS IS NORTH PRESTON director Jaren Hayman
“North Preston is the largest black community in the country that was once a safe haven for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad but has since been painted as one of the biggest hubs for pimping and human trafficking in the nation.” Director Jaren Hayman on THIS IS NORTH PRESTON which screens at this year’s […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: HONEY BEE director Rama Rau
“HONEY BEE is story of survival that follows the journey of quick-witted Natalie “Honey Bee” Sorensen an underage truck stop prostitute trapped by her ruthless Romeo-pimp boyfriend, Ryan until she is put into foster care with her new family in remote Northern Ontario where she discovers there might be more to life than the hand […]