Film professor Clarke Mackey holds his Canadian Film Award for his 1971 debut feature. (Katrina Ludlow)
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Celebrated film finally gets its due
Canadian films have a tendency to be boxed into unpleasant categories. Labeled as boring, low-budget or even depressing, the canon of Canadian cinema is just plain misunderstood. Clarke Mackey, head of the film studies department at Queen’s, begs to differ with this misunderstanding.
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All slasher, no feeling
Leatherface and his cannibalistic family, itself a glitzy remake of the original 1974 horror classic. Sicker, filthier and chock full of nasty, this film attempts to gross out its audience at every turn. Depending on how delicate your stomach is, it might succeed.
