Alberta’s entertainment economy has spent the last three years talking about what it lost. Tax credit uncertainty, crews packing for Vancouver and Toronto, projects parked in development while producers waited for a signal. What almost
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The Backrooms Effect: Why Canadian Horror Films and Fast-Payout Casinos Both Sell the Same Promise
There is a moment about twenty minutes into Backrooms where the horror stops being about monsters. It becomes about time. The protagonist is stuck. Every corridor looks the same. Nothing resolves. That specific, creeping dread.
Continue ReadingHow Alberta’s iGaming Boom Is Reshaping the Province’s Creative Economy. And What Filmmakers Should Know
Alberta is having a moment. A genuinely strange, genuinely exciting one. On the screen side: MGM+ is shooting a remake of The Magnificent Sevenin Calgary this summer, Netflix has been running productions through the province
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How to host a film night with a casino theme
There is something about a casino setting that turns an ordinary evening into something cinematic. The green felt, the clinking chips, the low light over a card table is the kind of atmosphere that has
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Transform Your Backyard Into a Winter Cinema with Heated Outdoor Mats
Canadian winters don’t have to mean retreating indoors. Picture this: snowflakes drifting down while you’re settled comfortably in your backyard, watching a film projected against the crisp night air. What makes this possible isn’t just
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The Last 24 Hours Before a Movie Becomes “Forgotten”: How Tiny Films Disappear After Festival Premieres
A tiny film can have its best night and still lose the room by morning. The first screening ends, people clap, a few posts appear, maybe one critic writes a short note. Then the festival
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