Film
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Film | May 27th 2010
Going off the rails
Lixin Fan’s documentary film Last Train Home is many things: an exploration of China’s migrant worker culture, a study in multinational economics and a contemplation of the struggle between work and leisure. more »
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Film | May 27th 2010
Manitoban Gothic
Black Field is a perfect example of independent cinema done well: a simple story featuring deeply convicted characters worth investing in, executed with precision and affection. more »
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Film | March 31st 2010
The horror, the horror
A new series of courses, named after the oft-attended university in horror writer H.P. Lovecraft’s novels, is aiming to educate Winnipeg teenagers about horror cinema. more »
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Film | March 31st 2010
The art of capitalism
In the U.S. the average person is bombarded by 5,000 advertisements a day, we are told early on in Doug Pray’s documentary Art & Copy. more »
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Film | March 31st 2010
Banjo pickin’ in Africa
Through Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali, American banjo player Bela Fleck’s quest is simple: “bring the banjo back to Africa.” more »
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Film | March 24th 2010
Sweatin’ to the oldies
At 64, Canadian music legend Neil Young may just be a hair younger than his musical contemporaries. But when the man with the heart of gold gets onstage, as anyone who has seen him can attest, he gets a whole lot younger. more »
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Film | March 17th 2010
Three dimensions of Vlad-itude
Winnipeg, prepare to meet your Vlad-Master. The Vlad, a cleverly adapted name for your typical View-Master, was “created” by Portland-based experimental filmmaker Vladimir Solmon a few years ago. more »
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Film | March 17th 2010
Sex, death and depravity
Auschwitz. Rwanda. Human trafficking. These things make us uncomfortable to be human. They are brutal illustrations of humanity’s capacity to act inhumanly towards others, to do abominable, unspeakable things. more »
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Film | March 17th 2010
Evolution of the Board
While the National Film Board of Canada has escaped recent budget cuts, it also hasn’t seen any increase in funding in the past 10 years. more »
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Film | March 10th 2010
The poor stay poor while the rich get rich
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty? That is the primary question of Philippe Diaz’s latest documentary The End of Poverty?, and it’s a question to which there is no good answer. more »
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