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Revisited: The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire came out earlier this year, looks back on a simpler time.

August 1, 2025

The Summer I Wanted to Be American

Canadian writer-director Philippe Lesage, whose new film Who By Fire opens tomorrow, looks back on a simpler time.

March 13, 2025

My First Film Teacher Was a City

Brett Story, director of the new doc The Hottest August, looks back on her formative creative years living and making work in Montreal.

November 13, 2019

Talkhouse Playlist: Close Talker’s Favorites from Canada

Andy Shauf, Broken Social Scene and more from the Saskatoon trio.

October 24, 2016

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Robert Cohen’s Being Canadian

A potential future Canadian resident scopes out the country through this doc by an L.A.-living Canuck comedy writer.

September 22, 2015

Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Viet Cong’s Cassette

What does it mean when a band from a conservative Canadian town names itself after Southeast Asian Communist rebels from the '60s?

July 22, 2014

Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) Talks Skinny Puppy’s Weapon

I love my job. When I'm not raking in the big bucks writing about music for the Talkhouse, I'm usually on tour, hopping across the globe and...

June 3, 2013