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Tag Archives: Canada
Experimental Cinema, Jack Chambers’ Hart of London
Jack Chambers’ masterpiece of experimental Canadian film carries within it some of the purest moments cinema has to offer. Chambers’ sprawling form of experimentation straddles the fine line between so called high and low art. Adopting an anodyne viewpoint, he … Continue reading
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Tagged 16mm Film, animals, Art, avant-garde, Beauty, Canada, canadian cinema, Canadian film, Chambers, cinema, Cinematheque, emotional response, Experimental, experimental cinema, film, Hart of London, Image, Jack Chambers, observation, perceptual realism, quotidian, random activity, reality, repetition, Spirituality, Subjectivity, Truth, voyeur, voyeuristic
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The Damaging Impact of a Neglectful Nation: After the Last River
Vicki Lean’s heartbreaking documentary of suffering in Attawapiskat reveals the damaging impact on first nations livelihood of industry and government regulations ostensibly designed under concealed agendas. Her expository documentary requires little convincing, as Lean makes readily observable through first hand and … Continue reading
Vancouver Film Festival Coverage
Here I will post links to my coverage of the Vancouver Film Festival (VIFF). I will update this post regularly, as my reviews come rolling through. You can follow my list on letterboxd for a more detailed account of what … Continue reading
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Tagged 45 years, andrew haigh, bc, brooklyn, Canada, cinema, events, Festival, festival coverage, Film Festival, films, Media, one floor below, paradise, press, review, TIFF, toronto film festival, van city, van city theatre, Vancouver, Vancouver Film Festival, VIFF, viff15
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Aesthetics Of The Mind 