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Throw the ghoulish Disney+ Pinocchio remake into the wood chipper
(L-R): Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Pinocchio (voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) in Disney's live-action PINOCCHIO, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Stories about youth, queer culture, romance dominate Canadian TIFF lineup
David Friend
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Jacquelyn Mills’ ‘Geographies of Solitude’ wins Hot Docs’ best Canadian film award
An image from the film "Geographies of Solitude" is shown in this undated handout photo. The film, directed by Jacquelyn Mills, has won top Canadian honours at the 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hot Docs **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Hot Docs to feature films on competitive pigeon racing, political protest
This year's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival will mark a return to in-person screenings in Toronto after pivoting entirely online the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the first slate of Special Presentations there are three world premieres, including Toronto filmmaker Barry Avrich's "The Talented Mr. Rosenberg" about Toronto con man Albert Rosenberg. Avrich is shown in this September 9, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Singer-guitarist Dallas Good created powerful cosmic-country rock with the Sadies
The Sadies lead singer Dallas Good poses for a photograph in Toronto on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Good, singer and guitarist of Canadian rock/alternative country band the Sadies has died of natural causes at age 48, the band says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75
FILE - Director Ivan Reitman poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday, Jan 7, 2011. Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died. He was 75. Reitman passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday night, Feb. 12, 2022, at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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At Sundance, Canadian director Ahnahktsipiitaa proves the future of filmmaking is all in your head
THIS IS NOT A CEREMONY (Cinematic VR Experience). Shown: The Spirit Buffalo approaches the fire at the center of the Arbour. Niitsitapi writer and director Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon) transports us directly into another realm, where past, present and future are one. Presented in cinematic VR, the narrative unfolds on a dream-like plane of existence. The viewer is literally placed within the 360° environment of the unfolding narrative. Because of this, This Is Not a Ceremony can only be seen through a virtual reality headset. Credit: NFB
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Incendiary Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée, dead at 58, was just getting started
Barry Hertz
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Chloé Zhao’s Eternals is a historic Marvel cinematic event, for all the wrong reasons
(L-R): Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Makkari (Lauren Ridloff), Gilgamesh (Don Lee), Thena (Angelina Jolie), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Ajak (Salma Hayek), Sersi (Gemma Chan), Sprite (Lia McHugh), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) and Druig (Barry Keoghan) in Marvel Studios' ETERNALS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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Pandemic adds extra level of challenge to Vancouver’s Crazy8s Film Festival
TRYST directed by Rachel Rose. Featuring Anesha L. Bailey and Shayn Walker. Photo by Sydney Wong
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Hot Docs 2021: Your 10 best bets, from a Canadian cryptocurrency mystery to a long-lost summer of soul
All Light, Everywhere (Documentary). heo Anthony's illuminating Sundance Jury Award winner is a mind-expanding feature that implores the viewer to reconsider the image, surveillance and technology—and most importantly, the power these tools can have over undervalued and unassuming communities. While tracing our historical relationship with the image as weapon, Anthony also takes us on a guided tour through the facilities of Axon, the company that supplies body cameras to more than half the police departments in the United States, and inside the Baltimore police department, who are being trained to use those very cameras, brilliantly juxtaposing the motives and shortcomings of photographic innovation.
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Experimental filmmaker Shahin Parhami explored the lives and work of artists
Self-portrait of Shahin Parhami, Iranian-Canadian experimental filmmaker
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Indigenous filmmaker Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders pulls from Canada’s past to create a terrifying future
Barry Hertz
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New milestone for Sidney Poitier, as film school is named after the award-winning actor
FILE - Actor Sidney Poitier appears with his Oscar for best actor, for his role in "Lillies of the Field," at the 36th Annual Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 13, 1964. Arizona State University has named its new film school after Poitier. The university, which is expanding its existing film program into its own school, says it has invested millions of dollars in technology to create one of the largest, most accessible and most diverse film schools. The Sidney Poitier New American Film School will be unveiled at a ceremony on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo, File)
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Michelle Latimer’s contentious claim of Indigenous ancestry has understandably angered our community
Drew Hayden Taylor
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‘I made a mistake’: Canadian filmmaker Michelle Latimer addresses Indigenous ancestry questions
Filmmaker Michelle Latimer is photographed in Toronto on August 21, 2020. JENNIFER ROBERTS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie to direct Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie poses for a photograph for her new film "The Photograph" in Toronto on Friday, February 7, 2020. Meghie is set to direct a highly anticipated biopic on the late singing legend Whitney Houston. The Oshawa, Ont.-raised writer-director posted the news about "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" on her official social media accounts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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When the long road to Canadian indie-film success ends not with the bang of a theatre, but the whimper of VOD
Director Joey Klein, seen here during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 5, 2019, says filmmakers are left wondering how to launch their work amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Canadian filmmaker Stella Meghie keeps levelling up her career
Writer/director Stella Meghie on the set of The Photograph.
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Montreal’s Meryam Joobeur listened to her instincts – and ended up Oscar-bound
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - January 30, 2020: Meryam Joobeur, 28, a Tunisian Canadian film director, poses for a portrait at the Hollywood Hills. Her 2018 short film Brotherhood was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. CREDIT: Philip Cheung For The Globe and Mail