Give an artist a paintbrush and stand back. You will be in awe. A novelist turns to screenwriting. Prepare to be in awe again. Lynne Stoltz is a former novelist turned screenwriter/producer. Sons 2 The
Continue ReadingKarate Kids (Review)
Derek Lamb’s Karate Kids wasn’t what I expected. Back in the 1990s there were films aimed at young audiences which focused on topics considered too extreme for kids nowadays. Taking place in a generic third
Continue ReadingLooking Back at DOXA 2016 (with Video)
It was a good year for Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which wrapped up on Saturday. How good was it? It was so good that: Most film screenings at the Festival sold out in advance.
Continue ReadingOFFA, Fantasia, and Sail-In Cinema
(Via PRNewswire) Sail-In Cinema is back, and don’t worry, you don’t even need a boat. On August 18th through 20th, “the world’s first two-sided floating movie experience of its size” will appear on a barge
Continue ReadingSaskatchewan: Changes and Challenges
Max Berdowski is the new Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association (SMPIA), the group announced on Friday. Coming from Interactive Ontario, he replaces interim Executive Director Ken Alecxe. Members can meet Berdowski
Continue ReadingWild Life (Review)
Yeehaw! Git along now, pardners! It’s not often I come across a short that happens to be done in Western style. This here quaint lil cartoon takes place in 1909 Alberta at what seems like
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