Film
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Film | March 18th 2009 | 1
Not just another killing machine
The first thing I should admit as I begin this review is that I am not a fan of '80s action movies. I’ve always felt there’s something rather odd about invincible-supermen-killing-machines reinforcing stereotypes about foreigners in disturbingly formulaic (and Reagan-tastic) ways. more »
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Film | March 18th 2009
Developing a community of filmmakers
Check the listings at your local mainstream movie theatre and you’d be hard-pressed to find a female director behind any of them. The world of independent filmmaking is no different, but a new initiative by The Winnipeg Film Group aims to change that. more »
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Film | March 11th 2009 | 1
Ripped off
Filmmaker Brett Gaylor’s favourite “artist” is Girl Talk. Girl Talk doesn’t play an instrument and he doesn’t sing or rap. more »
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Film | March 4th 2009 | 1
Is Examined Life worth watching?
When Socrates said that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” he spurred on centuries of philosophical studies – studies that some say have become far too academic. more »
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Film | March 4th 2009
Dawn of the dialect
Is there anything more tiring than hearing about another zombie movie opening at your local multiplex? Probably, but I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. more »
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Film | March 4th 2009
Hardcore maverick
Now that John McCain is safely off of the front pages, we can collectively reclaim the adjective “maverick” for those who really deserve the term – like Bruce McDonald. more »
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Film | February 26th 2009
Activism without the austerity
Naomi Klein calls them “the Jonathan Swift of the Jackass generation,” university activists may call them genius and big business has surely labeled them as muckraking scourges. Acclaimed political activist-pranksters The Yes Men will be rolling into the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) Tuesday, Mar. 3 to discuss their latest film The Yes Men Fix the World. more »
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Film | February 26th 2009
The search for a way home
“We love the place we hate, then hate the place we love. We leave the place we love then spend a lifetime trying to regain it.” With this invocation director Terence Davies begins Of Time and the City, his poetic, semi-biographical journey through the annals of Liverpool history. more »
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Film | February 13th 2009
Way ahead of his time
Fans of Scott Walker, a rock musician notoriously shrouded in mysteries and dark sunglasses, get a rare opportunity for insight into his career and music through Stephen Kijak's 2006 documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man. more »
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Film | February 5th 2009
Five films you never would have thought were so political
Movies like Semi-Pro and Knocked Up may seem like innocent comedies, but there’s more going on than you'd expect. more »
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