βUniversal Languageβ Director Matthew Rankin on Making a Comedy Without Borders for His Canadian Oscar Entry
Thereβs a notion in the film industry that comedies donβt travel. Jokes have a regional audience, and humor gets lost in translation, the thinking goes. But director Matthew Rankin thinks more of audiences than that. His new film, βUniversal Language,β was selected by Canada as the countryβs submission for the Oscarsβ international feature category, but [β¦]