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Film | January 13th 2010
The dark heart of the truth
In the early '90s, Norway was beset by a rash of church burnings and other violent crimes (including murder), all associated with what was dubbed a “satanic” music scene known as Black Metal. Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s film Until the Light Takes Us is an exploration of these events as told by the musicians who were in the midst of the controversy. more »
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Film | January 13th 2010
Determined but weak
Early in the film determiNATION Songs, a new documentary by Michelle Smith and Paul Rickard, the members of the band CerAmony extol the power art has to carry a message in a way that politics cannot. It’s a good thought – and one that the filmmakers should have heeded. more »
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Film | December 3rd 2009
The absurd and whimsical world of Helen Hill
Potbellied pigs, teapots, eggs with wings and a love letter to Halifax's little known bohemian underbelly: all are captured on 16mm in the absurd and whimsical animated works of Helen Hill. more »
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Film | December 3rd 2009
All that you can’t leave behind
Films centering around the war on terror aren't exactly a new thing in Hollywood, and it's fair to say that the horse is nearly dead by now. more »
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Film | November 25th 2009
Three generations with a whole lotta love for six strings
Early in Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary, It Might get Loud, Jack White (the boundary-pushing guitarist behind the The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather) states that he’s “always worried about becoming satisfied. When you become satisfied you die.” more »
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Film | November 25th 2009
Of dreams, discrimination and persecution
“I used to feel [that] perhaps I was the only one these terrible things happened to. You know [I] never ever agreed to tell this story to anyone, but then after I read Ishmael Beah’s book, it really encouraged me to tell my story,” explains a student of one of Winnipeg's most notorious inner city schools: Gordon Bell High School. more »
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Film | November 18th 2009
It feels like watching something dying
Kevin McMahon’s Waterlife is a wonderful, if bittersweet, film. more »
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Film | November 18th 2009 | 1
Armageddon only happens every six months
2012, the latest disaster movie from German-born director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day) is exactly what you would expect. more »
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Film | November 13th 2009
Wailing with emotional power
For the sake of full disclosure, I should mention at the beginning of this review that I am a white, middle-class male, born and raised in the heart of suburbia; however, this minor setback did not keep me from thoroughly enjoying Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae, a documentary showing this week at the Cinematheque. more »
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Film | November 13th 2009
Critiquing a film on film criticism
From the high-brow, Ebert-and-Roeper type, practicing a God-given right to tell the populous what movies to see or not to see, to the 30-something basement dweller practicing the same right, movie critics – though they may be overlooked and often even despised – are people too. more »
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