1. Catherine Martin Series: The Spirit of Annie Mae: Tonight (Wednesday, July 25) at 7, there will be a screening of Martin’s documentary about Anna Mae Aquash, who was the highest ranking woman in the American Indian Movement. Part of the Snapshot exhibit at the Khyber, this is definitely a must-see at the Museum of […]
Film
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Shorts weather
The results are in from the Humanity International Film Festival. At Humani-T Cafe (5755 Young) July 1-6, 15 international shorts were screened and then judged by a jury of nine. Halifax’s Pardis Parker swept it, winning three of the six awards (best local, best Canadian, best comedy) for his silent short, The Dance. Spain’s Martin […]
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Carbon Arc turns two
After two years on the Khyber building’s lofty third floor, Carbon Arc Cinema is looking to make a move. Their Saturday, July 14 event takes place at the Museum of Natural History (1747 Summer Street), a wheelchair accessible venue. There will be a reception at 6pm to say thanks to the loyal cinema buffs who […]
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DOCULA documents a bloody business
Peter Wintonick is troubled by the vampire trend in cinema, and he’s not talking about the Twilight series. Wintonick, the Montreal-based filmmaker behind such acclaimed documentaries as Manufacturing Consent, believes bureaucrats in the private and government sectors are guilty of “sucking the lifeblood” out of documentary filmmaking in Canada. Which is why he happily accepted […]
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Boom-buster business
With the holidays approaching, Hollywood is rolling out a second batch of blockbusters primed to either capitalize on the spirit of the season (A Christmas Carol) or provide a couple of hours of blissful escapism, like this week’s “rock ’em, sock ’em, world-go-boom!” epic, 2012, from today’s maestro of destruction, Roland Emmerich. The trailer indicates […]
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Good Hair shines
Comedian Chris Rock combs through the culture and industry of African-American hair, and its complicated, fraught history, with observational humour and surprising depth. Director-collaborator Jeff Stilson guides the affable Rock through a world of pop-can-eroding relaxer chemicals (Rock observes it’s called relaxer because it’s actually relaxing white people), expensive weaves and underground hair markets, with […]
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Impressive and familiar Love & Savagery
Love & Savagery takes place in 1969 Ballyvaughan, in Ireland. Newfoundlander, poet and geologist Michael (Allan Hawco) is there to look at rocks, though swiftly becomes interested in local barmaid Cathleen (Sarah Greene). But Cathleen’s bound for the nunnery and the village’s highly protective men-folk don’t take kindly to some outsider distracting fair Cathleen so […]
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Best Booster of Cold Water Surfing
Becoming one of the world’s most published surf photographers doesn’t happen without a massive passion for your subject, one that extends beyond the traditional. Yassine Ouhilal, known as Yassy to his friends, lives in Nova Scotia and has surfed since he was a teenager, but is originally from Montreal, where he studied film for years. […]
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Best DVD Rental Store
The price to purchase DVDs has gone down as Blu-Ray picks up speed, but it’s hard to imagine that the enormous library of film available in DVD format at Video Difference is going to switch over anytime soon. That said, they do have Blu-Ray available, along with the city’s best selection of TV box sets. […]
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Best Short Film
Jason Shipley’s Blood Shed is a gory horror/comedy short film that has played in festivals around the world. An abridged list: Adelaide, Huntington Beach, Varazdin, Lisbon, Barcelona, Cleveland and Strasbourg. It will finally screen here in January with Peter Jackson’s Dead/Alive as part of the reborn Thrillema genre cinema program. Watch The Coast for more […]
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Best Filmmaker
Jason Eisener Eisener is armed and ready, with the full-length Hobo With A Shotgun, set to shoot in April. “Starting to realize this is actually really happening, which can make me very nervous at times,” he writes in an email. “But we’re shooting it here in Dartmouth and Halifax and the tremendous support of my […]
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Best Film
Given the huge Canadian success of the first TPB movie, it makes all sorts of sense that a sequel would be in cinemas. You have to give them credit, Countdown to Liquor Day is one of the best sequel titles of all time, and any movie that unleashes John Dunsworth is OK by us. His […]