Atlantic Jewish Film Festival October 19-22 Musuem of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, and other venues $5-$25 theajc.ns.ca/ajff The fourth Atlantic Jewish Film Festival is upon us. Presented by the Atlantic Jewish Council, the festival runs from October 19-22 and will see 10 films make their Halifax debuts. The lineup features films in German, Hebrew, […]
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SICKBOY doc is full of heart and energy
Jeremie Saunders was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a baby. Predicted life expectancy: 25 years old. He’s already made it past that, perhaps driven by his intense, infectious lust for life, as laid out in the documentary SICKBOY, which follows the creation, evolution and success of the popular Halifax-based podcast he does with friends Brian […]
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Soul on Ice shows how hockey history misses the net
Hockey and the Black Experience screening and panel discussion Thursday, October 12, 6:30pm Saint Mary’s University, McNally Theatre 923 Robie Street free By the time Kwame Damon Mason was six years old, he had already begun to notice how few Black athletes were playing professional hockey. Now, decades later, Mason’s documentary Soul on Ice: Past, […]
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Movie review: Game, set and match for Battle of the Sexes
There are a few surprising things about Battle of the Sexes, Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s fun and breezy retelling of the 1973 novelty tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs: It’s Emma Stone’s movie, first of all. As King, the leading women’s tennis player and budding lesbian, Stone is as sharp and […]
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The Delinquents Movie drops in for its Halifax premiere
The Delinquents Movie Friday, September 29, 8pm Pro Skateboards, Snowboards & Surfboards 6451 Quinpool Road Two years of blood, sweat and beers will pay off Friday at Pro Skates with the premiere of The Delinquents Movie. Founded by Halifax native Ian MacArthur, The Delinquents is a group of dedicated snowboarders from the east coast whose […]
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Film review: Burn this mother! down
T he best reason to see mother! is Michelle Pfeiffer, one of our finest and least working actors, as she snarls and simmers and makes Jennifer Lawrence feel bad. There is no other reason to see mother!, Darren Aronofsky’s latest. Not since Scream 2 has a movie with a top-secret plot made you feel so […]
