Hi, this is Daniel Garber at the Movies for culturalmining.com and CIUT 89.5 FM.

Josh McCall is a mild-mannered, middle-aged man who works at a middle management job in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He loves golf, fine wine and his family. He lives with his wife Rachel, a marriage counsellor, and their young son Max. They’re excited about moving into their new home on a peaceful country road far from the bright city lights. But from their first night, they discover their dream home is actually a nightmare. It’s parked between two hairpin turns on a badly lit road, where cars are constantly crashing. Their front lawn is a danger zone and the death toll of drivers keeps rising. Max is terrified, Rachel says they must move out, but Josh discovers his new mission — to save as many of the inevitable crash victims he can. And his new obsession overrides his career, his marriage and even his young son. The question is, how far will he go to rescue dying motorists on that sharp corner?

Sharp Corner is a new psychological drama about a man’s altruistic obsession taken to a horrifying level. It’s funny, shocking and more than a bit creepy. The film premiered at TIFF last year and stars Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders as the McCalls. Sharp Corner is  co-written and directed by Halifax-based, award-winning filmmaker Jason Buxton. His first film, Blackbird (Review), opened at TIFF in 2012, and was on my “best of” list that year. Blackbird went on to win the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature, and Sharp Corner is also gathering awards and high ratings. 

I spoke with Jason Buxton in Toronto via Zoom.

Sharp Corner opens across Canada on May 9, 2025.