As someone who works in, writes about, and is an all-around fan of the film business, I have devoured many non-fiction books on various aspects of the industry, especially biographies. These have generally been the
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JULY TALK: LOVE LIVES HERE A Beautiful But Unfocused Doc
“Pray For It really belongs to the year 2020 in a weird way…” Unlike the daily news, feature-length documentaries often lag just a step or two behind the zeitgeist, often most useful at looking back
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THIS PLACE Aims High But Falls Short
“Seems like at some point in time, we’ve both been mistaken for Indians…” It’s easy to forget in this increasingly globalized world that for most of human history, people typically lived and worked their whole
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Tax Shelter Movies: NOTHING PERSONAL
As an active follower (and participant) in Canadian Film & TV, I tend to hear a lot of rhetoric bemoaning the constant use of Canada as a “backlot” by Hollywood and that our country would
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SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Review
Did you know that in over 20 years worth of Spider-Man movies, there hasn’t been a single flop? It’s true. Even the relatively-derided Amazing Spider-Man 2 still managed over $700m at the global box office
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VSFF 2023: Program One Capsule Reviews
One of the last pre-pandemic events I attended was the 2020 edition of the Vancouver Short Film Film Festival (VSFF). While the larger and better-known VIFF does boast ample short film offerings, VSFF is a
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