Director Matthew Rankin talks to IndieWire about the fine art of faking snow, even in Winnipeg. In “Universal Language,” two girls look for the means to liberate a huge bill frozen in ice; an intrepid ...

Tehran comes to Winnipeg in Matthew Rankin's singular gem about cross-cultural exchange. Despite being set in a parallel-universe Winnipeg where the people talk in Farsi and the world around them ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

This review was originally published on May 23, 2024 out of the Cannes Film Festival. We are recirculating it now that Universal Language is in theaters. On the surface, Rankin’s film seems like ...

The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer Newsflash: Iran has invaded the ...