“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 […]
Whistler Film Festival 2018 Interview: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS director Collin Friesen
“SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS is about a young Dad who’s called home to bury his estranged father, only to find out his inheritance hinges on him being able to scatter his Dad’s ashes on the field of his favorite football team. So, it’s a comedy. But about death.” Director Collin Friesen on SORRY FOR YOUR […]
LAFF 2018 Review: HEAVEN WITHOUT PEOPLE
What I loved about HEAVEN WITHOUT PEOPLE is the heated philosophical debate that arises out of a family struggling with a diversity of political beliefs. The captured audience watches to see if secrets kept between certain members will be revealed, if this family with unravel under the weight of the challenges of living in Lebanon […]
LAFF 2018 Review: MUSEO
What a ride for these Mexican friends in MUSEO. This story is a buddy movie akin to DUMB & DUMBER but a bit more melancholy. Inspired by true events, MUSEO follows two veterinarian failures, who decide to make their mark by pulling of Mexico’s largest artifact heist. Not the smartest tools in the box, they steal […]
LAFF 2018 Review: BORDER
BORDER was absolutely not what I expected. It was more. I saw BORDER at the end of LAFF as it had won their World Fiction Jury Award and it had a wild premise. Tine, a woman who can smell emotions, has the perfect job as a border agent in Sweden. She sniffs disembarking ferry passengers […]