Catching up on all the hottest Oscar flicks? Cineplex has your back, with the multi-nominated Little Women back onscreen at all Halifax locations except Lower Sackville. Bong Joon-ho’s history-making Best Picture win Parasite is still on view at Cineplex Park Lane while 1917, the sibling-strewn war flick Joon-ho beat out, is on view at all locations, too. […]
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Gabrielle Zilkha is Queering The Script
Shipping. Bury your gays. ClexaCon. Unless you are entrenched within the LGBTQ community, these terms may not mean a whole lot to you—but Gabrielle Zilkha aims to change that. With her latest documentary, Queering the Script, the award-winning Canadian filmmaker explores the history of queer women on television and its passionate fan base. As fun […]
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The Handmade Film Collective proves DIY does it better
Handmade Film Screening from Coast to Coast Tue Jan 28, 7-9pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street Free The Handmade Film Collective is partnering with the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative to organize a free screening celebrating the art of handmade, analogue film. The screening—a much-needed cure to the glut of CGI on view at the […]
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Review: Little Women makes big noise
There is never a quiet moment in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. Aside from the charming chatter of the four sisters, the score underlies every scene: Alexandre Desplat’s music shapes the heart of the movie, giving sound to emotions felt and actions shown. This movie is a melodrama for a contemporary audience. While there were scenes […]
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The Lighthouse nominated for Best Cinematography Oscar
While yesterday Vice said it was surprising Robert Eggers’ second major feature, The Lighthouse, only got one Oscar nod, Nova Scotia’s film industry will take it, thanks, as a sign that good things are ready to keep coming (and being filmed) in this province. As Matt Likely, who helped with set creation on the flick, […]
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Francois Girard’s The Song of Names plays on
The Song Of Names Opens January 10 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Grden Road In 1998, François Girard burst onto the scene with The Red Violin, an award-winning film that quickly earned the love of critics by using music to convey the three-century -long journey of a priceless violin. Over 20 years later, the acclaimed […]
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New Eden, who dis
In a year where their actions keep making us ask “why are men?”; As we keep sharing clickbait stories about women’s-only villages with the caption “where do I sign up?”—we need New Eden. The eight-episode series, streaming on Crave TV starting January 1, is a true crime mockumentary about a women’s-only cult in late-1970s BC. […]
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Syd Stone rolls on with new web series
The story of closeted gay movie star Syd Stone—brought to life in the acclaimed 2014 short film I Am Syd Stone—is set to continue in a new, expanded format. For writer/director Denis Theriault, the follow-up to his short—based partly on his experience as a gay man in the film industry—was an opportunity to show fans […]
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The week in Nova Scotia film
It’s been a good week for movie-makers across the province, as two of the most hyped-about recent local productions—that’d be Stage Mother and Spinster—debuted on the film fest circuit this week. Stage Mother, Thom Fitzgerlad’s latest, follows a religious choir member as she inherits a drag club from her estranged son. It had its world […]
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Who Let the Dogs Out now available on iTunes
At this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, a deep dive into the backstory of The Baha Men‘s biggest hit debuted. Who Let the Dogs Out, as we reported back in September, traces the titular tune from Trinidad to Texas: “For some inexplicable reason, and god bless him for it, narrator Ben Sisto threw himself […]
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Review: follow Geoff Butler’s footsteps Off The Beaten Path
Newfoundland artist and author Geoff Butler is the subject of the locally made documentary Off The Beaten Path, which seeks to summarize his life and work. While the film itself is rather plainly put together, Butler is an intriguing enough individual that looking into his work makes for an enjoyable 45-minute experience. The film traces […]
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Belief beyond Conviction
Women are the fastest growing prison population worldwide. A documentary team went into the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth and the Nova Institution for Women in Truro with art supplies, a music therapist and film equipment to find out why. The result? A feature-length documentary—made in collaboration with inmates—called Conviction. Airing on Documentary […]