The 30th Atlantic Film Festival Bruce McDonald is one of Canada’s best working directors, second only, in my mind, to David Cronenberg; right now, Cronenberg gets to hold onto that spot due more to his record than his current output. McDonald is sort of like Canada’s answer to Robert Rodriguez, in that he makes interesting movies quick and on the cheap; the major difference is that McDonald’s movie are almost always great. Rodriguez is an expert at making B-movie pastiche; McDonald is capable of making touching and even subtle films regarding punk music, teenage angst, and infected words that turn
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