Seth Smith works quietly, switching his glance between an an oblong tunnel and the set as it is captured on a camera monitor. The director is surrounded by actors in metallic suits and crew members confirming scene numbers, but he looks as if he’s in his own world. As the take is called with a […]
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Dog Day’s not over yet
Dog Day w/Jon Samuel Saturday, August 25, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 When Dog Day makes its return to the Seahorse this Saturday, expect it to feel like “slipping into an old pair of shoes.” The lauded Halifax group has been making waves with tuneful, gloomy rock ‘n’ roll since its debut […]
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Movie review: The Crescent
Opens Friday, August 10 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road Beth (Danika Vandersteen) is a young mother, recently widowed, attempting to heal with a retreat in a big beach-side house that looks like it was made out of very fancy Lego—wood and glass, triangles and rectangles. The trip quickly turns creepy—there’s a jarring, ugly […]
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The year in film
Andy Hines’ Grammy nomination The Nova Scotia-born Hines—his father is the photographer Sherman—already has a few awards for his music videos, including an MTV Moon Man. His clip for Logic’s “1-800-273-8255″—a sensitive, six-minute coming-out story starring Don Cheadle and Luis Guzmán—is up for the big time, a Grammy Award, in February. Black Cop This timely […]
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The Crescent creeps
The Crescent Sunday September 17, 9:30pm, Cineplex Park Lane, $17.50 finfestival.ca Nancy Urich and Seth A. Smith have been making art in Nova Scotia since they were teenagers, first as musicians in Burdocks and then in Dog Day. Smith’s distinctive visual art, much of it created as half of the design team Yorodeo, has adorned […]
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Local horror film The Crescent needs your help
Director Seth Smith, producer Nancy Urich (full disclosure, Urich and I play in a band together) and screenwriter Darcy Spidle, the team behind CUT/OFF/TAIL Pictures, are back on their grind again, so rejoice. With a supremely spooky trailer for The Crescent, Smith continues to deal in the watery horror framework set down by 2012’s Lowlife, this […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]