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David Cronenberg’s science fiction body horror drama, Crimes of the Future (2022), takes place in an unspecified future where biotechnology has advanced greatly. This has resulted in the creation of machines and computers that can directly interface with and control bodily functions, making them commonplace. As a result, humans have also undergone unexplained biological changes. These include the disappearance of physical pain and infectious disease for a majority of people, allowing for safe conscious surgery in regular settings. However, some individuals have experienced more radical alterations to their ...

Based on Ian McGuire’s 2016 novel, The North Water (2021) is a five-part television miniseries directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell. It is an international co-production between British broadcaster BBC, Canadian broadcaster CBC Television, premium channel Super Channel, and French-language counterpart ICI Radio-Canada Télé. The series premiered in the US on AMC+ on July 15, 2021, followed by premieres in the UK on BBC Two on ...

The Breadwinner (2017), an animated drama from Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon and directed by Nora Twomey, is based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis. It was jointly produced by Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and Luxembourg. The story follows Parvana, an 11-year-old girl living in Kabul during the rise of the Taliban and the start of the War on Terror. Her father, Nurullah, used to be a school teacher but became a hawker after losing his leg in the Soviet–Afghan War. One evening during dinner, he is wrongly arrested by Idrees – a young member of ...

The Canadian drama film, Incendies (2010), was directed by Denis Villeneuve and co-written by Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne. After their mother Nawal’s passing, Jeanne and her twin brother Simon seek the guidance of Jean Lebel, a French Canadian notary who was close to their family. In her will, Nawal mentions a broken promise that has resulted in her not receiving a proper burial unless Jeanne and Simon locate their previously unknown brother and supposedly deceased father. Two letters are left behind for them: one for their father and one for their brother. While ...