Mile End Kicks

Mile End Kicks is a 2025 Canadian coming-of-age romantic comedy film written and directed by Chandler Levack. Based in part on Levack's own young adulthood prior to becoming a professional music critic and filmmaker, the film stars Barbie Ferreira as Grace Pine, a young woman who moves to Montreal, Quebec, in 2011 with the goal of writing a book about Alanis Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill but instead becomes romantically involved with Archie (Devon Bostick) and Chevy (Stanley Simons), two members of the aspiring indie rock band Bone Patrol, and takes a job as the band's publicist. The cast also includes Juliette Gariépy, Robert Naylor, Isaiah Lehtinen and Jay Baruchel. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 4, 2025. It was released in Canada on April 17, 2026, by Entract Films and Elevation Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $679,591 against a budget of $4 million.