We Forgot to Break Up, a great Canadian indie, will make movie goers feel like they’re part of the film’s featured band. A fitting experience considering the leading musicians always feel part of their own collective; no matter how old they are, how inspired or bored they become, and despite feeling the strain of their own growing pains. Canadian filmmaker Karen Knox (Adult Adoption) chronicles the pinballing career of The New Normals, a fictitious trans-fronted…
By: Trevor Chartrand Quirky and surreal, Adult Adoption is the bizarrely unique directorial feature film debut from Karen Knox (star of Letters to Satan Claus). The movie explores its characters with a delicate balance of intrusive empathy, and Knox’s filmmaking is executed in such an uncomfortable way that viewers may feel like they’re trespassing on the intimate details of a person’s private life.
By: Trevor Chartrand Goofy and upbeat, Letters to Satan Claus is a comical send-up of Hallmark holiday movies…with a slasher twist. While it’s never laugh-out-loud funny, this film has a satirical edge that makes for an effective parody of holiday movies.