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– Will Aitken in This Writing Death

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Ars Poetica



by Anna Fuerstenberg

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What an interestingly inviting read on this mind muddled morning. Thanks! Coffee, Please?

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Let Them Eat Cake

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Reviewing the recipe for Ma Part du Gateau from Cinemania 2011

by Andrea Elalouf
30.11.2011

With the recent European economic crisis taking a sudden spin for the worse (France being no exception), much of the recently concluded Cinemania Festival’s politically and socially minded programming has struck as particularly relevant, groundbreaking and…clairvoyant?

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FESTIVAL CITY

Works for Work’s Sake

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INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Wim Wenders on his masterful new 3D dance documentary Pina, and the enduring beauty of its unlikely subject and setting

by Melora Koepke
12.10.2011

“Audiences want truth as opposed to reality” – Wim Wenders on life, work and the meaning of both. Wim Wenders’ Pina is as simple, artful and perfect as a dance movie can be – and watching it with 3D glasses on the big screen, it’s tempting to think that this is exactly why Stereoscopic 3D [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

I Want One, Too

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Famed teenage pregnancy pact remains an incomprehensible mystery in MWFF's 17 Filles

by Mike Lake
30.08.2011

In May of 2008, a group of high school girls from Gloucester, Massachusetts formed a pact: they would all get pregnant and help each other raise the babies. This strange story of young female friendship—and naiveté—is the subject of the first feature film from sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin.

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FESTIVAL CITY

A Cinematic World Tour

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Rover's picks for the Montreal World Film Festival

by Mike Lake
18.08.2011

The Montreal World Film Festival, like the little engine that could, kicks off its 35th year with 383 films from 70 countries. While the MWFF will always exist in the shadow of its bigger brother, the Toronto International Film Festival, organizer and founder Serge Losique prides himself on a more varied selection of films from [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

It’s Got Groove, it’s Got Meaning

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Independent filmmakers and multi-disciplinary artists join forces at the irreverent Mascara & Popcorn Festival

by Laura Freitag
08.07.2011

While most Montréal summer festivals have people emerging from their dwellings in delight of the sweltering heat, this new celebration of all-things-underground will have you venturing back indoors for a healthy dose of edgy refuge. The Mascara & Popcorn  Festival toes the line between guilty pleasures and bold fetishes, boasting a lineup which includes everything [...]

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FILM

The Ghosts & Mr. Ed

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Latin American Cinema Fest, Cinema du Parc

by James Gartler
22.04.2011

Montreal’s Latin American Cinema Festival is in full swing at Cinema du Parc. Of the three dozen or so features screened, none will leave you quite as tickled, confused and even inspired as Finisterrae …

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FILM

Creativity Trumps Nightlife

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Justin Agustin, Creativity Unltd.

by Brenda Raftlova
13.04.2011

Justin Agustin goes for the gangsta look, shaved black hair, bulging muscular arms, floppy t-shirt and low-slung jeans. Don’t let the look deceive. At 25, Agustin has given up a once-hectic nightlife for work. Founder and owner of Creativity Unltd., he runs one of the leading hip-hop music video production teams in Montreal.

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