Posted on March 1, 2012
By LH Thomson
Film
Out here in conservative land, the Global Visions Film Festival is about as hippie-dippy-trippy as a film fest gets. But what is Global Visions all about? At its heart, the annual documentary festival, which runs at venues around the city for the next four days, is a celebration of the cerebral. Pretty much every documentary […]
Posted on February 25, 2012
By Albert Smith
Film, Theatre
The months, weeks, days, hours and moments leading up to the Academy Awards are far more exciting than the Academy Awards themselves – which is why it’s so crucial to watch the show in good company, to use your powers of imagination to make an “event” out of the biggest non-event of the year. “I […]
Posted on February 21, 2012
By Mike Ross
Film, Front Slider, Music
In world where artists and entertainers have been ordered to stay at least 50 metres from each other lest one corrupt the other in a co-dependent spiral of mutual destruction, Bob Wiseman has been happily breaking the restraining order for years. To say this former Blue Rodeo keyboardist’s solo career has been “out there” is […]
Posted on February 18, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Film, Music
We’re calling it, sight unseen: Trevor Anderson’s ‘The Man That Got Away’ may be in the running for Oscar shorts next year – if its reception at the Berlin film festival is anything to go by. The 25-minute musical has won the DAAD Short Film Prize at the recent Berlinale 2012, where it made its […]
Posted on February 18, 2012
By LH Thomson
Culture, Film, Front Slider
It’s astonishing how much sentiment a few well-paced moments can command. For all the hype that surrounds the big-budget entries at the annual Hollywood love-in that is the Oscars, there’s something special about the nominations for shorts. Few of these cartoons and live-action films will ever get much attention, compared to their longer brethren – […]
Posted on February 17, 2012
By Albert Smith
Contests, Film
When comedian Steven Wright won an Academy Award for best live action short in 1989, he gave the shortest speech in Oscar history: “I guess it’s a good thing we cut those extra twenty minutes. Thank you.” No, thank you, Steven, for shedding light on the often ignored but worthy craft of short filmmaking – […]
Posted on February 9, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Film, Front Slider, Music
The punchline is that after spewing love all over Edmonton in the form of a blow-out multi-media variety show Monday night at the Garneau Theatre, stand-up comedian Jon Mick is moving to Toronto. He’s called the gig Edmonton, I Love You. “This is my thank you,” he says. “I love you guys.” Lies, lies, lies! […]
Posted on February 5, 2012
By Albert Smith
Contests, Film
Interested in seeing Nicolas Cage’s head catch on fire like you’ve never seen it before? Sure you are. This is your lucky day. We have five double guest passes to give away for a sneak preview screening of the new Sony Pictures 3D feature Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Thursday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. […]
Posted on January 3, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Film, The Latest
With the release of the trailer for Trevor Anderson’s new film, The Man That Got Away, we can at last get a peek into the life of his mysterious Great Uncle Jimmy – an Alberta farm boy turned Broadway dancer who became friends with Judy Garland while the two were in rehab together. The Man […]
Posted on December 21, 2011
By Albert Smith
Culture, Film, Front Slider
The Edmonton geek-o-verse has given a guarded thumbs-up to the new trailer for The Hobbit. The Peter Jackson film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first successful novel comes to theatres Dec. 14, 2012. Kris Hansen, who says he has the word “geek” tattooed on the back of his neck and is manager of Warp 1 Comics […]
Posted on December 4, 2011
By Mike Ross
Comedy, Film, The Latest, Theatre
Jay and Silent Bob have making “reality” shows for almost 20 years. It only seems like fiction that the truth is stranger than. According to actor Jason Mewes, “Jay” is real – at least “me from age 14 to 19,” he says. Partner-filmmaker Kevin Smith wrote the sex-crazed stoner character “straight up from who I […]
Posted on November 30, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Film, The Latest
“You like FUBAR? How about a gay Western?” This is the offer from Dave Lawrence, who is perhaps better known as “Terry” in FUBAR and FUBAR II, on the release of his new film “A Legend of Whitey,” beginning a weeklong run at the Garneau Metro Cinema on Friday. It is his directorial debut. With […]
