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
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Daily Rushes for Last Weds of Feb
Education is not a crime, says Maziar Bahari, Iranian-Canadian filmmaker (plus journalist and author). Bahari’s film, To Light a Candle, exposes the persecution of the Baha’i in Iran, and his article today in the Globe
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Robert Fulford looks at “what we talk about when we talk about Birdman” in the National Post David Berry (same place) figures that if you can still call them “films”, you can also call them
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Oscar seemed to be looking South this year, but still — CTV has congratulations for Canadian winners Big Hero 6 director Chris Williams and Whiplash sound mixer Craig Mann . . . If you missed
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Daily Rushes for Pre-Oscar Friday
Postmedia’s Bob Thompson predicts “Somebody won’t wear something very well” and, of course, a whole lot of other stuff about the Oscars, at Canada.com . . . The Globe and Mail looks at the changing
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Could the Golden Globes replace the Oscars as Hollywood’s highest honour? Rebecca Tucker thinks so –if they’d take her five little tips, like “Get rid of Mr. and Ms. Golden Globe.” See the other four
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