I guess you've caught me in a couple bits of careless wording: 1) Yes, Polley was only really central to season 3 of Slings and Arrows, rather than the show as a whole, but it's still a pretty big achievement to be responsible for a season of the best TV drama in our country's history, especially when this wasn't a…

North of the 49th, we mostly remember this movie as Sarah Polley's attempt to leave behind her Canadian cult status (which she'd had since she was a kid due to Road to Avonlea) and move to Hollywood. In the end it's been pretty great for Canadian cinema that this movie bombed and Polley had to stay up north - I don't…

It's worth noting that nearly all of the shows mentioned in this article, including the four shows that Syfy is broadcasting in the US, are Canadian exports. Which feels nice, because it's evidence that feminist scifi is the first TV subgenre this country has done well beyond comedies about rural poverty.