Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor Available for the festival’s duration through FIN Stream or Sep 17, 7 & 7:30pm at Cineplex Park Lane; tickets here. By the time Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor screens at FIN (at the gala presentation on Friday, September 17), writer-director Shelley Thompson will finally have time to exhale. […]
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It’s lights, camera action for FIN Atlantic Film Festival 2021
The FIN Atlantic International Film Festival is back, running from Thursday to Thursday, September 16-23, so get ready to subsist on popcorn and plot lines as the region’s biggest celebration of cinema does its glorious thing. This year, there will be flicks screening at Cineplex Park Lane (5657 Spring Garden Road) alongside special, ticketed gala […]
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What to watch at the 2021 FIN Atlantic International Film Festival
There are over 150 films on offer at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, on from September 16-23 both online and in-person at Cineplex Park Lane. Offerings range from box office blockbusters to indie documentaries, from stories about the precursors of punk rock to teenagers managing viral fame. No matter your cinematic tastes, there’s something […]
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CBC’s “lust, legacy and lobster” show Moonshine stays true to Nova Scotia
Moonshine Tuesdays at 9pm on CBC TV Streaming on CBC Gem Dysfunctional is probably the best way to describe the Finley-Cullen family. It’s a clan that includes five adult half-siblings, each of whom have eccentric personalities and backgrounds that don’t quite mesh well together. Throw in a late aunt’s will that divides up her personal […]
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Halifax’s Eli Goree nominated for a Black Reel Award
Real ones have known since his time hosting Street Cents–or at least since the time he played Malik on CBC’s Da Kink In My Hair–that Eli Goree has serious star power. Now, it seems like the rest of the world is catching up on the Halifax-born actor’s greatness: Yesterday the Black Reel Awards (a certifiably […]
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Six movies we can’t wait to watch at this year’s Halifax Black Film Festival
By the time the fifth annual Halifax Black Film Festival’s lineup dropped last week, it felt like a light beam, sent to banish the last shadow of a doubt. Yep, in a world where we can depend only on death and taxes, we can also count on one other thing: That this indie-flick-loving event’s roster […]
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Splinters sticks with you
Splinters Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street or stream online at neptuneathome.com Daily until Nov 8, 8pm; Nov 7-8 4pm & 8pm $10, neptunetheatre.com for tickets It’s the sort of full-circle synergy that almost feels too much like a plot device to be real life. It’s also a reminder that stories aren’t just told, but lived: […]
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We asked a professional make-up effects artist how to paint your face for Halloween
Patrick Baxter has loved the magic of movie makeup since he was “six years old, when I saw Star Wars. It’s still my favourite movie of all time. All those creatures at the cantina? It was unbelievable!” Or perhaps his headlong fall began a little later: “I actually saw the original Salem’s Lot as a […]
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Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival announces lineup
The movie fest for die hard film fans—a place where you’ll see flicks you won’t find anywhere else—is back: Today, Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival is unveiling its full lineup for the all-online 2020 event, happening from November 12 to 15 at hiff.ca. “Though film is best experienced in a proper theatre, it’s also the most […]
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Bone Cage breaks out
When it comes right down to it, this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival belongs to Taylor Olson: The writer, actor and director debuted his first feature film—and biggest role to date—at the annual celebration of cinema, where the flick went on to score four out of seven festival awards. Based on Catherine Banks’s landmark, […]
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Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis teach us How To Be At Home
“I think at the centre of all my work is that freedom that we find in the self, in the aloneness that we occupy as humans,” Andrea Dorfman told The Coast earlier this year, when discussing her new un-romantic comedy, Spinster. Hers has been a busy 2020, discussing the Chelsea Peretti film through its release. […]
