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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The Flying Sailor soars through Festivals – Interview with Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Did anyone ever hear the story about the 1917 Halifax Explosion that literally sent a man flying? I didn’t. But it only came up a while back on its 100-year anniversary. Yeah, sometimes we celebrate
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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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Sugar Highs is reaching Sweet Heights – Interview with Adam Fox
If you haven’t heard of Sugar Highs, it isn’t quite like that song Harry Styles made (and I thankfully haven’t heard all of it), it’s an LGBTQ+ comedy series that takes place in San Francisco
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Finding the Brightside in a Dark Serious Subject – Interview with Elana Dunkelman
We’ve all seen plenty of shows which feel so real, it’s frightening. A new one has come out recently and it’s already pretty intense by the sounds of the title. I’m talking about Alert: Missing
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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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