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Thrillema returns…

You just can’t keep a good zombie down. Jason Eisener‘s popular cult movie series starts up again on January 21, at its new fancy Dartmouth Crossing theatre home. The first screening is Peter Jackson’s DEAD/ALIVE (the uncut US version), and as always, it will be a 35mm print. The night kicks off at 9pm with […]

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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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How to pick a rainy day movie: the sequel

Rainy day movies Jay Dahl, filmmaker In my book, one to two millimetres of rain is enough to justify a nine-hour Sopranothon. My favourite bad weather DVDs at the moment are just that: heavily serialized cable network series. Breaking Bad, Summer Heights High, Mad Men and Friday Night Lights: These shows are dangerously addictive—you’ll find […]

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