Guy Maddin is nothing if not an intriguing filmmaker. Hate him or love him, he is an auteur with an undeniable flare for visual storytelling, and his 2000 short film The Heart of the World
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The Saddest Music in the World – Review
He may be a difficult director to decipher at times, but I was always going to come back for more of Canada’s own Guy Maddin. Last year I watched two of his films, My Winnipeg
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It is not always easy to identify a film’s director by simply observing the way in which it is filmed. Influence begets influence, and so the pioneering techniques developed by cinematic visionaries are later adopted
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New Project Seances Released, Now Available Online (With Video)
Created by Guy Maddin and the NFB, Seances is a new storytelling narrative that shows lost silent films as reimagined “never-to-be-repeated configurations” — and then they’re destroyed, never to be seen again. The films are
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Assistant Needed, Films Suggested, Memoir Filmed, Tree House Bought, Sales Head Named
A North Bay local with a driver’s license is needed as a Talent Assistant by Hallmark’s Flower Shop Mysteries, MFM announces. This is five weeks’ work starting next week — details here. The Calgary International
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Film Awards, Film Releases, Filmmaker to mourn
(via northernstars.ca) The Forbidden Room has won the 2015 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. As we mentioned yesterday, it was in competition with Sleeping Giant and My Internship in Canada, among others. The award was
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