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Favorite films

  • Princess Mononoke
  • C.R.A.Z.Y.
  • Amélie
  • A Cinderella Story

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  • Universal Language

    ★★★★

  • Presence

    ★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★

  • The Outfit

    ★★½

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  • Universal Language

    Universal Language

    ★★★★

    The answer to the Canadian national identity questionwe've been looking for.

  • Presence

    Presence

    ★★★

    A nice simple romp

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  • Without Air

    Without Air

    ★★★★½

    Without Air is a great title as I was suffocating under the mundanity of violence on display. Painfully true to my experience combating christofascist attacks on our local school board. But the experience will ring true to anyone stifled by systems.

    For a movie about homophobia there wasn't even enough air for a single utterance of queer life. The death in the film even happens off screen, unremarked. No space for queer life in systems defending themselves. No space for…

  • Someone Lives Here

    Someone Lives Here

    ★★★★★

    This movie was very triggering as I've experienced so many similar moments in Kitchener. The long hostile council meetings. The two faced city staff. The fire department saying that freezing to death is 'fire safe'. The eviction notices. The fencing. The throwing people's livelihood in the trash. The shelter waitlists. The horse police. The court cases.

    On Friday I was in court supporting a housing advocate who was arrested protesting a forced eviction. Right afterwards I received a call the…

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