A million dollar-budget feature film, shot entirely in Nova Scotia, is about to hit Cineplex Theatres. But this cause for celebration is also cause for concern. Opening almost exactly a year after the Stephen McNeil Liberals announced the end of the provincial film tax credit, Across the Line is a bittersweet anniversary marker—a film that […]
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AFF Reviews: Bound, Undone, The Stanford Prison Experiment
This weekend, several selections at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival explored human psychology through various narrative styles. On Friday, I rolled into the Lord Nelson Hotel at 1:30am to catch 1980 sci-fi musical, The Apple, which was one of the best worst movies I’ve ever seen, a terribly awesome, tacky romp through the exploitative music […]
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Cherry Brook at centre of District Boundary dispute
Is the mostly black neighbourhood of Cherry Brook part of the mostly white community of Cole Harbour? The residents of Cherry Brook think so, but City Hall thinks otherwise. In 2007, that disagreement resulting in a Utilities and Review Board ruling in the residents favour, and a council decision Tuesday threatens a repeat UARB hearing […]