Atom Egoyan was raised in BC, but fled east to claim his spot in Toronto’s new film wave of the 80s (BC’s would catch its own wave a few seasons of 21 Jump Street and
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Tales From the Background: COLONY (Part 2)
“If any of you lose your assigned weapon, the RCMP will shut down this show and NO ONE leaves until it’s found.” the weapons wrangler sternly told the crowd of shabbily dressed onlookers, each carrying
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Tales from the Background: COLONY (Part 1)
“I’ve just seen the set guys and…..it’s awesome.” our background wrangler informed us in complete deadpan eliciting laughter from his audience, huddled together in an empty classroom beneath VCC’s downtown campus. It was still early
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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Blue Canadian Rockies
Like any decent film fan, I’ve made a point of catching some of the finest fare the Western genre has to offer. From John Ford’s sojourns to Monument Valley to Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti screen-feasts, I’ve
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Tales From the Background: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
The alarm buzzer pierced the darkness of my New Westminster bedroom at 4am that Tuesday morning. Quickly shutting it off lest I wake my roommates, I rolled out of bed and donned the suit of
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TALENT ON TAP: Making Tracks with Toronto’s Andre Colquhoun
I’ve never understood why society has deemed art an “extra” or “nice-to-have” or why it’s acceptable to pay artists in “exposure” (that one still hasn’t worked with my dentist). A nightmare-funhouse year like 2020 would
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