Hillary Butler

2 weeks ago | liveforfilm.com | Hillary Butler

Posted by Hillary Butler on Apr 6, 2025 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, short film | 0 commentsIt’s amazing what you can pack into six short minutes.  A family history, grief, generational paradigms, religion, and trans identity are all themes writer and director Deborah Puette deftly examines in her short film Such A Pretty Girl. We meet Meg (Grey’s Anatomy‘s Sarah Drew) who has returned to her childhood home in order to help her aging father, Frank (Harry Groener).

3 weeks ago | liveforfilm.com | Hillary Butler

Posted by Hillary Butler on Mar 31, 2025 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, short film | 0 commentsIt’s amazing what you can pack into six short minutes.  A family history, grief, generational paradigms, religion, and trans identity are all themes writer and director Deborah Puette deftly examines in her short film Such A Pretty Girl. We meet Meg (Grey’s Anatomy‘s Sarah Drew) who has returned to her childhood home in order to help her aging father, Frank (Harry Groener).

4 weeks ago | intheseats.ca | Hillary Butler

I love a movie that opens with a dance number, and To The Moon delivers. Writer-director Kevin Hartford’s third feature is a quirky Canadian comedy that sees Sam (Jacob Sampson) and his sixteen year-old daughter, Ella (Phoebe Rex) move as they perform their morning ritual. Is the dancing meant to prevent the moon from crashing? Or is it just a bit of cardio? They’re seen one morning by their neighbour, Claire (Amy Groening), who has the ambition to become a writer. The only thing missing is a story.

2 months ago | liveforfilm.com | Hillary Butler

Posted by Hillary Butler on Feb 7, 2025 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 commentsEach year, a group of exceptional teenagers come together to compete in a national competition for public speaking, Original Oratory.  Some previous competitors have names you might be familiar with, like Oprah, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Paul Rudd, and Josh Gad (who is a producer on this film).

2 months ago | liveforfilm.com | Hillary Butler

Posted by Hillary Butler on Feb 7, 2025 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 commentsI wish this documentary, The Perfect Neighbor didn’t need to exist.  But sadly, this laser-focused look at one Florida neighbourhood’s tragedy urgently reminds us of the racism and gun violence that ripples through America’s communities.