My Winnipeg (2007) is a feature film directed by Guy Maddin. Starring Ann Savage, the film is a surrealist-inflected pseudo-documentary about Winnipeg, Maddin’s home town. Blending legend, history, & a biting critique of the city’s treatment of its architectural past with fantasy & more personal matters, the film explores issues of local attachment, culminating in an explanation of why Maddin continues to live in the city of his birth.

The film received highly positive reviews from critics. As of July 4, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 97%...