Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe and ex-vampire Robert Pattinson will star in The Lighthouse, a horror film set in Nova Scotia in the 20th century. Unlike Maudie, the movie will also shoot in the province. It’s being directed by Robert Eggers, whose debut The Witch (AKA The VVitch) was a modest hit in 2016. Pattinson, whose […]
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Protest potpourri scheduled for Province House
Nova Scotians are spoiled for choice when it comes to protesting their government. In what’s practically become an annual tradition, this week hundreds of people will once again gather outside Province House demanding change and voicing their opposition to a growing portfolio of disappointments. The Nova Scotians Rise Up event—scheduled for noon on the 27—will […]
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Everyone’s Famous and the viral payday
Everyone’s Famous New episodes Thursdays everyonesfamous.ca It was 1968 when Andy Warhol said everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes, and he died before the modern internet was invented–he never knew how true this throwaway line would become. The Halifax-produced web series Everyone’s Famous, a third of the way into its second season, knows what’s […]
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Who’s running in Halifax Needham?
[Image-1] A by-election for the vacant Halifax Needham riding is just around the corner, and we wanted to give readers a chance to better know each candidate before hitting the voting booth on August 30. We emailed a series of questions to Rod Wilson (Liberal), Lisa Roberts (NDP), Andy Arsenault (PC) and Thomas Trappenberg (Green). […]
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Quiet on the set a year after Stephen McNeil’s fateful budget
Mark Furey speaks with conviction about the bright future of movie-making in Nova Scotia. “The film and television incentive fund is here to stay,” says the provincial business minister. And you’ve gotta believe he believes it. Last April, after the Liberal budget killed the film funding program that had been luring major productions to the […]
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Made-in-Halifax feature Across the Line hits theatres Friday
A million dollar-budget feature film, shot entirely in Nova Scotia, is about to hit Cineplex Theatres. But this cause for celebration is also cause for concern. Opening almost exactly a year after the Stephen McNeil Liberals announced the end of the provincial film tax credit, Across the Line is a bittersweet anniversary marker—a film that […]
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How dead is Nova Scotia’s film biz?
Last April’s budget announcement kicked off a tumultuous time for Nova Scotia’s film industry. The Liberal government slashed the film tax credit, the foundation of the film industry in many other provinces. After much backlash and a very successful PR campaign headed by Screen Nova Scotia, the previous uncapped tax credit, estimated to be worth […]
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Gold Winner #NSFilmJobs Silver Winner Snow and ice clearing Bronze Winner Public transit Little else this past year came close to the enraged hysteria churned up by #NSFilmJobs. The Liberal government’s spring budget eradicated Nova Scotia’s film tax credit, sending the industry into a nosedive and igniting a firestorm of protests. Rarely does a crowd […]
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Can you tell which Atlantic Film Festival premier is which?
Film festivals love premieres—showing a movie for the first time. But in Canada, they also tend to love premiers, the politicians whose provincial government pays some of the fest’s bills. The Atlantic Film Festival is no exception on the premier front, and Nova Scotia’s top dog always gets their face on a welcome letter in […]
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10 things you mustard know Thursday
1 While every summer day is an excuse to break out the barbecue, today is actually National Hot Dog Day, dog. Seeking for advice on making the best wurst, we got grilling with the north end’s latest street food source, T-Dogs. “My dad said something years ago to us,” T-Dogs’ Tony Rinaldo says. “‘A recipe […]
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Monday’s 9 things you need to know
1 Don’t rain on our parade, weather. The weekend’s damp conditions cancelled Halifax Pride’s show-stopping Dykes vs. Divas softball game. It also caused the cancellation of the first ever heritage Gathering on Gottingen Street—a sponsor-free event designed to connect Pride a bit more with the community and its roots. Both events have been cancelled outright […]
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NS Film Tax Credit: Not a matter of opinion
“I think the numbers are difficult to understand,” said finance minister Diana Whalen when asked by reporters to confirm figures from the department’s press release. “Twenty-five percent of 50 percent, of this, of that.” Over the past several weeks, the Liberals have done a remarkable job of passing a budget with very drastic cuts, all […]