The critics

A small group, spread across the country, who would rather be in a screening room than anywhere else.

  • Claire Archambault

    Claire has reviewed documentaries from Montreal for long enough to remember VHS screeners in padded envelopes. She writes about films on war, justice and human rights, and about what a camera owes the people in front of it.

    3 pieces

  • Dev Raghunathan

    Dev spent years reading submissions and sitting on screening committees in Toronto before he started writing about the business side. He covers festivals, sales, broadcasters, streamers and the money that decides which films reach an audience.

    3 pieces

  • Teodora Vlahos

    Teodora shot and edited small documentaries in British Columbia before she moved over to writing. She covers craft: cameras, sound, editing rooms, archive research and the practical choices that shape a film long before anyone sees it.

    3 pieces

  • Owen MacAskill

    Owen grew up in Cape Breton on a diet of public television and repertory screenings, and now writes from Halifax. He covers Canadian film history, the National Film Board tradition and regional scenes that rarely make national headlines.

    3 pieces

  • Leila Haddad

    Leila writes from Winnipeg about independent features, music films and the culture that grows around small cinemas and film clubs. She is happiest in a half-empty room watching something nobody has heard of yet.

    3 pieces