Film & TV
FIN: AIFF roundup
Reviews of films presented at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival in Halifax.
Read MoreFIN: AIFF Spotlight – Holy Spider
Holy Spider (2022), directed by Ali Abbasi, a jarring portrayal of systematic inequalities, morality and radicalism.
Read MoreFIN AIFF 2022 preview: a chat with the festival’s executive director
Once again, it’s that wonderful time of the year with back-to-back arts festivals in Halifax! Like many others that represent the Halifax art scene from September through November, the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) is back. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be held in person.
Read More$23 million investment is a “game changer” for Nova Scotia film industry
In the back corner of Uncommon Grounds, actress Amelia Cornick’s eyes fill with tears; she struggles to put her feelings into words. For the first time ever, she can imagine a life for herself in Nova Scotia doing what she loves most. She is not alone. Workers in the film industry were overjoyed on March…
Read MoreThree words, eight letters
Is the fear of saying “I love you” to someone a universal experience? Sarah Bahbah’s new short film I__ You inspects why it’s so hard to be vulnerable. Sarah Bahbah Sarah Bahbah self-identifies as a Palestinian/Jordanian-Australian artist and director. She has an instantly recognizable style, revealing her thoughts and emotions through pastel-embraced cinematic stills and…
Read MoreDon’t Look Up is turning heads
The trending Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay, is undeniably an allegory or satire of our current climate crisis and how society is dealing with it. Spoiler alert: not well. Although the title implies that we should keep our heads down, the film itself demands that we look up at our impending doom and do something about…
Read MoreArt house films return to Halifax
On Oct. 15, Carbon Arc Cinema hosted a full-capacity screening of French director Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film Bergman Island, and for the first time since March 2020, people in peninsular Halifax had a place to see a movie other than Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane. “We show things because they’re not getting shown,” said Kenny Lewis, the chair of Carbon…
Read MoreWhat’s new with CBC’s Diggstown?
CBC’s Diggstown struggled against the COVID-19 pandemic before it could bring Atlantic Canada to the world stage for its third season.
Read MoreI watched all the Conjuring movies so you don’t have to
Last summer, I came across a photo online of all the Conjuring movies listed in the order they occur within the Conjuring universe.
Read MoreBehind the scenes with Wayne Carter
Wayne Carter believes, “If you work around something you love it’s never really work.” Carter has been the Executive Director at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival for the last decade. Being in the film industry over the years Carter’s career started with managing a film theatre in the late 1970s, when he was in high school. …
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