Lydia Ogwang
Canadiana | Hometown Horror: Robin Aubert’s Les affamés
By Lydia Ogwang | | Canadiana, Columns, CS74, From Cinema Scope Magazine
By Lydia Ogwang It’s an epidemic: the populist appeal of genre cinema is undeniable, even here at home. In a bit of a surprise, Robin Aubert’s Les affamés won Best Canadian Feature at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and then the Temps Ø People’s Choice Award at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montréal.…
Read More Never Steady, Never Still (Kathleen Hepburn, Canada)—Discovery
By Lydia Ogwang | | Cinema Scope Online, TIFF 2017
By Lydia Ogwang Determining the sum total of Kathleen Hepburn’s formally accomplished feature debut is daunting arithmetic. Protagonist Judy, a longtime sufferer of Parkinson’s disease, lives with her husband and 18-year-old son in warm domesticity. The film’s opening moments deliver a soft, rose-coloured naturalism, but a prologue delivered in voiceover establishes loss and vulnerability as…
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