Hereditary has been hyped to hell. The hype is justified. The film opens just before a funeral. Artist Annie Graham (Toni Colette) is about to bury her mother, with whom she had a stormy relationship. Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), her son Peter (Alex Wolff) and even Annie herself appear largely unshaken by the death. […]
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In The Wave‘s deep dive
In the Waves at HIFF Thursday, June 7, 7pm Neptune Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $10/$12 (HIFF pass $35) tickethalifax.com Jacquelyn Mills had been gathering research about her grandmother Joan’s life, intending to make a narrative film based on her life in a Cape Breton fishing village, when Joan’s sister—Mills’ great-aunt—died. Everything changed. “It seemed […]
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Film review: On Chesil Beach
The British theatre director Dominic Cooke makes his film debut with On Chesil Beach, a 60s-set drama adapted by Ian McEwan from his own novel. Florence (Saoirse Ronan) is rich and Edward (Billy Howle) is poor, but when they lock eyes at a activist meeting, it’s all over. The movie ping-pongs between their respective youths […]
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Film review: Disobedience
Rachels McAdams and Weisz star in Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience, which follows Ronit (Weisz) home to bury her father, a prominent rabbi in a Orthodox Jewish community. A new rabbi, Dovid (Alessandro Nivola), has been named in his stead; unfortunately for Ronit he’s married to Esti (McAdams), the woman she was exiled from the community for […]
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Film review: Black Cop
Black Cop Opens Friday, June 1 Cineplex Park Lane 5657 Spring Garden Road Black Cop was shot in Halifax, but you’d only know that if you already lived here. Cory Bowles’ directorial debut, expanded from his 2015 short, looks and feels as if it could be anywhere in North America, and that’s just what he […]
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Film review: Nobody Famous
Sarah Rotella’s second feature is a biting satire that hangs out with five actors who have left the grind of audition and rejection in Los Angeles for a weekend getaway at a lakeside cabin. They’re all the worst: Grace (Winny Clarke) will only speak in a British accent; Stefano (Justin Gerhard) is obsessed with his […]
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Your 2018 Screen Nova Scotia Award winners
The annual Screen Nova Scotia Awards were handed out at the Casino last night, with Cory Bowles‘ Black Cop, opening in Halifax June 1, winning Best Feature and the recently renewed Pure nabbing Best Television Series. The late actor John Dunsworth‘s family was on hand to help announce the John Dunsworth Screen Actor’s Fund, in support […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival announces 2018 lineup
The Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative has announced the slate of films for its 12th installment of the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, this year running from June 6 to 9 in Neptune’s Scotiabank Theatre. Two features from Cape Breton filmmakers are on the lineup: Jacquelyn Mills‘ doc about her grandmother, In the Waves, screens June 7. Winston DeGiobbi‘s […]
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The Animation Festival of Halifax: More than just cartoons
AFX: The Animation Festival of Halifax Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street and others May 10-13 Free-$40 carbonarc.ca/tickets Picture this: You’re in your coziest PJs, crunching on sugary cereal and watching your favourite Saturday morning cartoons. That mental sketch might be reminiscent of the carefree days that were your childhood, but thanks to the […]
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The Child Remains: Canadian Horror Story
The Child Remains Opens Friday, April 27 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road The Ideal Maternity Home in East Chester operated from the 1920s through the 1940s, offering babies for sale and housing the unwed women who bore them. If the babies weren’t white and healthy—”unsaleable”—they were starved or buried alive in the surrounding […]
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Lean On Pete’s heartbreaking journey
Lean On Pete Opens Friday, April 27 The titular character in Lean On Pete is a horse, but make no mistake: This film is no Flicka. It’s no Secretariat. If you want an unequivocally happy ending for both horse and human, you won’t find it here. But the story has other things to offer. Writer […]
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Screen Nova Scotia’s 2018 awards nominees announced
Screen Nova Scotia has announced the nominees in its fourth annual awards ceremony celebrating the best in local film and television. The gala is open to the public and takes place on Wednesday, May 16 in the Schooner Room. Tickets are available here. Best Feature Film Black Cop (Blac Op Films) The Child Remains (Malefic […]
