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After one of Donny "Fitz" Fitzpatrick's investigations gets uncomfortably close to the corruption of a powerful local politician, he is exiled to the French collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, where he partners with local police officer Geneviève "Arch" Archambault to solve local crimes. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh on Apr 28, 2025 - 8 comments

I do not like low-rent "ghost-hunting" shows, and I'm not a huge fan of camp for camp's sake, but when these two things collide, somehow it becomes my must-watch show of 2025. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Mar 18, 2025 - 3 comments

Drowning under the abuses of her narcissist ex husband and condescending boss at Lotto-Gold, a young single mother on the brink of a mental breakdown is sent to the middle of nowhere, 15-year-old son in tow, to interview a strange hermit. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Mar 15, 2025 - 2 comments

Long before Dune and Blade Runner 2049, long before LA, Denis Villeneuve made a movie in Quebec that mashed up kitchen-sink drama, dark humour, Tom Waits songs, and a narrator that is also a dying fish. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Mar 11, 2025 - 5 comments

Shepherd and I are making an effort to put more Canadian content on Fanfare! [more inside]
posted by Kitteh on Mar 6, 2025 - 17 comments

After witnessing her mother's murder, young Québecois woman Simone becomes both profoundly emotionally damaged, and unstuck in time. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Mar 5, 2025 - 3 comments

A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer's order and people start turning up dead.
posted by quatsch on Feb 15, 2023 - 8 comments

Streaming on CraveTV (Canadian on demand video service), Letterkenny is a small show about a small town in rural Ontario (here is a taste). It is based on a web series Letterkenny Problems, available on YouTube. [more inside]
posted by ODiV on Apr 3, 2016 - 22 comments

A show opens; a show doesn't open; the past is revisited; the future is changed. [more inside]
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering on Aug 3, 2014 - 25 comments