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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Remembering Ted Kotcheff

June 11, 2025June 9, 2025Today's Top StoriesFirst Blood, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ted Kotcheff, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The Shooter, Wake in Fright

I was both shocked and saddened to discover only last week that legendary Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, whose film career spanned six decades, had passed away in April, the news somehow getting past me. Perhaps

12 Films That Were Actually Shot in Canada

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020The Bottom LineBrokeback Mountain, Capote, Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, First Blood, Good Will Hunting, Juno, Mean Girls, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Shazam!, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men

Canada is a hotbed for the North American film industry, with countless shoots for productions both big and small taking place all across the country each year. While some locations, such as Toronto and Vancouver,

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