I’m sure you’ve heard this a million times, but it still satisfies. If I worked in an office, I can imagine this creating hours of fun and annoyances for co-workers. Right now it’s just me bugging the cats.
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New Fame isn’t going to live forever
Pitching Fame as a kid’s movie makes sense. I watched the TV series when I was in grade school, and though today’s kids know the franchise only by name, the popularity of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance? make it a logical cash-in. But the new Fame‘s adherence to those shows’ careerist […]
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Thursday AFF Preview: Atom Egoyan’s Chloe
A remake of a 2003 French film Natalie… that starred Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart and Gerard Depardieu. Atom Egoyan transposes the French tale of marital infidelity to high-falutin’ locales in downtown Toronto (the AGO, the ROM, Little Italy and Yorkville all feature prominently) where gynecologist Catherine (Julianne Moore) suspects her professorial husband David (Liam Neeson) […]
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Friday AFF Preview: An Education
Jenny (Carey Mulligan, a delight) is a 16-year-old in pre-Beatles suburban London, the cleverest one in her class and a good grade in Latin away from going to Oxford for university. She meets older man David (Peter Sarsgaard, more charm than smarm) who sweeps her off her feet, offering nights out, glamorous events, dinners and […]
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Stone Temple Pilots land in Halifax
Here’s what I know: STP November 24 at the Metro Centre. Tickets go on sale Friday. We get some weird concerts here. I think it’s time to face that.
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AFF Day 3: Ladies come out on top of docs
Already one of my highlights for the festival, Become a Microscope, is a short doc about 1960s pop artist Sister Corita, an inspiring nun who taught at a Catholic LA college, and who became an influential force in the art world, making friends with the Eames brothers and Hitchcock. The doc’s by Aaron Rose (with a soundtrack by Money Mark), who is best known for the Beautiful Losers art movement, and it’s gorgeously shot, with brilliant-hued archive footage and photos. Corita’s serigraphs, which Rose animates, wouldn’t look out of place beside a Yo Rodeo or Seripop poster on a
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AFF Day 2: French separatism and British music parties
Les Colocs get the crowds into a frenzy. I started the film fest off with a healthy dinner—let’s see how the diet deteriorates over the week—and then it was off to Dédé, à travers les brume, a Quebec film, directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and produced by Roger Frappier, who introduced the movie. The mostly francophone […]
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Photo gallery: Atlantic Film Fest gala
Last night’s Atlantic Film Fest was an odd affair, but definitely memorable. You still had your sparkle-gowned ladies and skinny-suited men, but they were eating chips under the halo glow of trailer lights. Some looked confused; others, relieved to be let loose in an arena (someone suggested a few were helped by cocaine, but I know that doesn’t happen in Halifax, right?), and the familiar smells of ice, zamboni trails and male musk. I agree with my blogging peeps Carsten and Hillary that the removal of the VIP area was really great, in terms of seeing more people and making
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Atlantic Film Fest: Friday’s picks
How are you going to spend your first full day of the Atlantic Film Fest? Here’s where you’ll find us: Act of God (7pm, Park Lane 4): Lightning only needs to strike once to have a life-changing impact. Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes) speaks to survivors in this gorgeous documentary. Dede, a travers les brumes (7:15pm, […]
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Love and poetry
Sometimes the screening gods are kind, serving up two films in a row with genuine parallels. The two I’m thinking of, they’re both period films, they both feature poets as the male lead characters. Both wrestle with impossible love. One asks us to believe perfect love can be mined in three days, the other lets […]
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Hey crafters, visit Handmade Nation tonight
On Thursday night (9:30pm, Park Lane 4), crafty types are getting all geared up for Handmade Nation, a documentary that explores the connections between handmade goods, the popular DIY movement, punk, feminism and anti-consumerism. But if you’d like to connect with your fellow Hali-crafters, there’s a meet-up beforehand, appropriately at Love, Me Boutique, from 7-8:30pm.
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Atlantic Film Fest: Saturday’s Picks
Our first full day of films! If you see us roaming around, say hi. Here’s where we’ll be: Shorts |||: Women on Top (Park Lane 8, 2pm): Hey ladies! Short docs about a pop-art nun, an electronic musician and a 70-year-old woman who makes Demi Moore’s thing with Ashton into a big yawnfest. Jiggers (Park […]
