The Fantasia International Film Festival turns 30 this year, running July 16 through August 2 in Montreal. That's over 125 features and more than 200 shorts crammed into eighteen days. If you have never paid attention to Fantasia, here is the pitch: it is the largest genre festival in North America, and it operates almost entirely outside the machinery that dominates the fall circuit. No campaign consultants. No Telluride-to-Toronto handoff. Just horror, sci-fi, animation, ku

What can I say about Sir Christopher Nolan that hasn't already been said? He's a genius filmmaker! He's an amazing storyteller! He's a passionate guy about the movies! Well, I guess it's kind of impossible to say anything new outside of handing in my personal top 5 list. This month, I thought it would be a good time to discuss the man's filmography in honor of his latest film, The Odyssey. Just like Steven Spielberg, Nolan has a fair number of movies in his filmography that s

A small fishing village is in quite a slump. Thirty years ago, their livelihood depended on a fishing vessel called Rose of Nevada, and a storm took out the ship and its crew. One morning, the ship mysteriously returns into the harbor. Local businessman and owner of the boat Mike (Edward Rowe) is stunned, but sees this as an opportunity. Nick (George MacKay) is a husband and father, struggling to make ends meet. While trying to fix the roof of his home, it collapses in on him