“I can’t date two guys in the same band.” Sumerian has unveiled the first official trailer for the Canadian coming-of-age comedy called Mile End Kicks, the second feature film written and directed by filmmaker Chandler Levack. Her feature debut was I Like Movies from 2022, this one is a similar follow-up but with a different spin. Barbie Ferreira plays Grace Pine, a 20-something music critic from Toronto who decides to upend her life and move to Montreal to cover the music scene there. But she romantically involved with two members of the same indie band she is covering. It takes place in Quebec’s vibrant indie music scene in 2011. A bright romantic comedy featuring Barbie Ferreira as Grace, all about a young woman figuring out life and love while partying in Montreal. The cast includes Devon Bostick, Stanley Simons, Juliette Gariépy, and Jay Baruchel. I saw this last year at TIFF and alas I’m not a fan – it starts out interesting, but then she starts making such grating & strange choices it quickly becomes something else. It’s an homage to Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous – but it just doesn’t work, nor does it have any of that magnetic charm. // Continue Reading ›
