The Environmentalist is an interesting, Canadian-produced short about saving the Earth, but it pretty much stars a freak who goes on out of control rants in his saving attempts. Starting at the appropriately named Kranky
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3 Best Weekend Movies to Spend Your Loonies On
Some day, this may not be such huge news, but as of this weekend it is: An independent Canadian film, not only made but even set in Canada, is being released in theatres. So we’ll
Continue ReadingDaily Rushes for Last Thurs in Feb
The Canadian Screen Awards’ earliest trophies were handed out yesterday, eight of them to sci-fi TV series Orphan Black; read about it in the Brandon Sun Award-winning documentary Highway of Tears, the story of a
Continue ReadingCreature Effects Come First: The Void
(Via WireService.ca) A small town cop battling a terrifying series of gruesome otherworldly creatures in a rundown hospital is at the centre of The Void, a new independent horror film soon to go into production
Continue ReadingBond of Strangers Documents Operation Husky Tribute
(Via Hamilton Spectator’s Jeff Mahoney) —Filmmaker/videographer Max Fraser, of Yukon, is wrapping up work on his crowdsourced documentary, Bond of Strangers. Two summers ago, Fraser and nine others made their own tribute to the Canadians
Continue ReadingCensured in Canada Opens This Weekend in TO
Censured in Canada celebrates Canadian films turned down by other festivals, “whether it was due to a lack of “right” credentials / connections; or the work challenges aesthetic / cultural / social norms”, to use
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