In 1969, there were three music festivals that changed the trajectory of the world’s music scene. On September 13, one month after Woodstock, a couple of months before Altamont “The Toronto Rock ’n’ Revival” concert brought together
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10 BEST CANADIAN FILMS EVER
11. BLINDNESS (special mention) Director, Don McKellar A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness“. Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created
Continue ReadingTHE GREATEST MOVIES & TV SHOWS NEVER MADE
With the infinite number of platforms we have access to: streaming, pay tv, movies in cinemas, video on demand, it’s hard to comprehend, but not every whim of an idea is turned into a film
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We’ve seen this type of story before. Whether it was from the funny pages in the 1930’s newspapers with the story of little Orphan Annie or a more modernized take on the subject with the
Continue ReadingTHE BIRTH OF THE LEVI’S TORONTO INTERNATIONAL TEEN MOVIE FESTIVAL
FINANCING AN INDIE FILM, THE DEATH OF THE CANADIAN PRODUCER It was the year 2000 and my associate Jonathan and I were trying to cast our production company’s (Hiltz Squared Media) latest projects for
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The Human Trial is one of those rare amazing documentaries that can change the way you think about the world. The film which was directed by Canadian Lisa Hepner and Director of Photography Guy Mossman provide unprecedented, real-time
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