Posts Tagged ‘Film & TV’
Citizen journalist, amateur director?
In a tech-savvy world, it’s the norm to own an iPhone or Blackberry over a basic feature phone. With all those extra features, it was inevitable that people would start shooting full-length documentaries and films on their smartphones. One of the first docs to emerge from this subgenre is Iranian filmmaker Jahar Panafi’s This Is…
Read MoreNot just for nerds
As a literary form, graphic novels are often dismissed because of their reputation. Some readers are turned away because they have pictures, thinking that hardly qualifies them to sit amongst the literary greats (and also brings back memories of childhood picture books…we are of course, so terribly far beyond that in university). Others are turned…
Read MoreJosh Cruddas strikes gold in Copperhead film
A recent graduate of Dalhousie’s acting program, Josh Cruddas is making his mark in the world of theatre. With roles in Titanic: The Aftermath, the TV series Call Me Fitz and the highly anticipated movie, Copperhead, released this spring, Cruddas is getting his fair share of experience in the acting world. His passion for acting…
Read MoreDance Magic Dance: A selection of traumatizing children’s movies
Marie: A few days ago I made the mistake of watching Disney’s Pinocchio (1940) to ease the feeling of school-induced stress and childhood nostalgia I was suddenly having. I thought that the opiate of song, dance and whimsical animation by good ol’ Disney might comfort and cheer me up. I was wrong. Dead wrong. Now,…
Read MoreHollywood horror lost in the dark
Horror movies grew out of the rubble of post-war Germany like a psilocybin mushroom sprouting from the front lawn of a cop station. Something unexpected in the face of imperial violence. Nosferatu (1922), the first screen vampire, stalked black and white footage like a silent apparition—the shadow of wartime angst—awkwardly carting his grotesquely curled hands…
Read MoreAn introduction to feminist horror
Zoe Doucette If you grow up as a girl, you are taught to fear from a young age. Fear becomes one of your best friends, because it is with you all the time, even when you’re not aware of it. Your body is objectified and reviled by your culture. You are taught not to display…
Read MoreThe Master is Spellbinding
Paul Thomas Anderson loves long tracking shots, multi-character ensembles, ambient musical scores and ambiguous endings. He directed Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch Drunk Love (2002) and There Will Be Blood (2007). Now he has delivered another powerful film with The Master (2012). Set in post-WWII America, Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) struggles to make a life for himself after being…
Read MoreThe book was better
Sept. 30, 2012 Dear Friend, I am writing to you because the film adaptation of classic teen-angst novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower is set for local release on Oct. 5, and I for one am not planning to see it. Not even a little. Who would voluntarily pay to have their childhood memories…
Read MoreSwitch to wheels and roll to Premium Rush
This past Sunday, Halifax made a switch. To encourage Haligonians to cycle, rollerblade or walk, two kilometres of road were shut down for Open Street Sunday, also known as Switch. The event included activities and sidewalk shops. Ross Soward, a community planner for the event, says Switch is multipurpose. “It’s a way to use our…
Read MoreMehta gives birth to double-headed beast in Midnight’s Children
In Egyptian mythology there is the ‘Ka.’ The Ka is the living being’s double. Picture a coin. You are heads, and your Ka is tails. You preside over Earth, while your Ka presides over the Land of the Dead. There are two sides to every coin, two heads to every beast, two ways of interpreting…
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