It was only near the end of my recent interview with Toronto-based writer/director Heyishi Zhang that I remembered we had spoken before nearly four years ago in the summer of 2019. That interview had been
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TALENT ON TAP: Aaron James Gives Canada Some GUITAR LESSONS
“I’ve always liked community theatre” muses director Aaron James as he chats with me over Zoom from his Calgary office, “I’ve always had this idea where I wondered if we could do that with film”.
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TALENT ON TAP: Ryan Moccasin Brings Us Some FEATHER NEWS
It’s easy to tune out the news these days with the endless parade of violent and shocking stories underscoring the depressing state of the world. It’s therefore no small wonder that many now prefer their
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From Gimli Hospital to Green Fog: In Conversation with GUY MADDIN (Part 2)
In the week since the first part of my interview with Guy Maddin was published, my girlfriend and I have made it our mission to devour nearly every frame of his works that the Cinematheque
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From Gimli Hospital to Green Fog: In Conversation with GUY MADDIN (Part 1)
My first exposure to Guy Maddin was a nearly subconscious one. The trailer for his semi-autobiographical feature My Winnipeg was among several in a 20-minute promo reel that played continuously on repeat at the North
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EVER DEADLY a Startling Pure Cinema Experience
he first time I ever heard throat singing was back in 2017 while visiting my parents in the Nunavut capital of Iqaluit (my father was working for their airport at the time). The city was
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