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Archives for: May 20145
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New Television Museum in Toronto a Techo-Temple for the Ages
Friday May 30th 2014Think the iPhone needs a bigger screen? You haven’t watched TV lately… not one of these TVs at any rate. Some of the earliest televisions had a display not much bigger than a postage stamp; they used a magnifying lens to make the image visable. So Apple leader Tim Cook’s[…]
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Canadian director wins Jury Prize at Cannes for ‘Mommy’
Thursday May 29th 2014Canadian director Xavier Dolan won the Jury Prize for his film “Mommy” at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday, sharing the honour with French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. There were high hopes that Dolan would win the festival’s top award, the prestigious Palme d’or, but that honour went to the Turkish drama “Winter Sleep.” Dolan was moved that he shared his prize with Godard, the 83-year-old film icon. “What’s beautiful in sharing a prize with Godard is that he, in a different era, tried to reinvent cinema and I like to think that we are in a moment where cinema is going in a different direction and I would be happy to be part of that.”
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Follow the money: Canadian TV really is a racket
Wednesday May 28th 2014Bafflement. Public money spent. Appeals to the public for dollars and support. We must be talking about the Canadian TV racket. Thing is, we’re not talking CBC here. Last week’s announcement that Bell Media and Telefilm Canada are backing Corner Gas: The Movie (coming to movie theatres, followed by TV and DVD, later this year) has stirred up everything from excitement to exasperation. CBC-type exasperation.
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Why CBC desperately needs a hit TV show
Wednesday May 28th 2014It is something of a cruel joke that the most hyped new show slated to premiere on CBC Television is a sitcom called Schitt’s Creek. The 13-part series sees a wounded and increasingly risk-averse CBC doubling down on the past. It stars SCTV alumni Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara as members of a once wealthy family that’s broke and faced with a humiliating exercise in downsizing.
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William F. White Int’l Inc. opens new location in Sudbury in partnership with Northern Ontario Film Studios
Tuesday May 27th 2014Paul Bronfman, Chairman/CEO of Comweb Corp. and leading equipment provider, William F. White International Inc. (Whites) and David Anselmo, CEO of Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS) in Sudbury, announced the signing of an agreement that will see the creation of a new partnership for Northern Ontario. This collaboration is in direct response to the increased production volume in the region and aims to strengthen and empower the entire local film community by providing access to Whites’ state-of-the-art equipment and technical expertise.
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Archives for: May 20145
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New Television Museum in Toronto a Techo-Temple for the Ages
Friday May 30th 2014Think the iPhone needs a bigger screen? You haven’t watched TV lately… not one of these TVs at any rate. Some of the earliest televisions had a display not much bigger than a postage stamp; they used a magnifying lens to make the image visable. So Apple leader Tim Cook’s[…]
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Canadian director wins Jury Prize at Cannes for ‘Mommy’
Thursday May 29th 2014Canadian director Xavier Dolan won the Jury Prize for his film “Mommy” at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday, sharing the honour with French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. There were high hopes that Dolan would win the festival’s top award, the prestigious Palme d’or, but that honour went to the Turkish drama “Winter Sleep.” Dolan was moved that he shared his prize with Godard, the 83-year-old film icon. “What’s beautiful in sharing a prize with Godard is that he, in a different era, tried to reinvent cinema and I like to think that we are in a moment where cinema is going in a different direction and I would be happy to be part of that.”
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Follow the money: Canadian TV really is a racket
Wednesday May 28th 2014Bafflement. Public money spent. Appeals to the public for dollars and support. We must be talking about the Canadian TV racket. Thing is, we’re not talking CBC here. Last week’s announcement that Bell Media and Telefilm Canada are backing Corner Gas: The Movie (coming to movie theatres, followed by TV and DVD, later this year) has stirred up everything from excitement to exasperation. CBC-type exasperation.
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Why CBC desperately needs a hit TV show
Wednesday May 28th 2014It is something of a cruel joke that the most hyped new show slated to premiere on CBC Television is a sitcom called Schitt’s Creek. The 13-part series sees a wounded and increasingly risk-averse CBC doubling down on the past. It stars SCTV alumni Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara as members of a once wealthy family that’s broke and faced with a humiliating exercise in downsizing.
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William F. White Int’l Inc. opens new location in Sudbury in partnership with Northern Ontario Film Studios
Tuesday May 27th 2014Paul Bronfman, Chairman/CEO of Comweb Corp. and leading equipment provider, William F. White International Inc. (Whites) and David Anselmo, CEO of Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS) in Sudbury, announced the signing of an agreement that will see the creation of a new partnership for Northern Ontario. This collaboration is in direct response to the increased production volume in the region and aims to strengthen and empower the entire local film community by providing access to Whites’ state-of-the-art equipment and technical expertise.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: May 20145
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New Television Museum in Toronto a Techo-Temple for the Ages
Friday May 30th 2014Think the iPhone needs a bigger screen? You haven’t watched TV lately… not one of these TVs at any rate. Some of the earliest televisions had a display not much bigger than a postage stamp; they used a magnifying lens to make the image visable. So Apple leader Tim Cook’s[…]
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Canadian director wins Jury Prize at Cannes for ‘Mommy’
Thursday May 29th 2014Canadian director Xavier Dolan won the Jury Prize for his film “Mommy” at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday, sharing the honour with French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. There were high hopes that Dolan would win the festival’s top award, the prestigious Palme d’or, but that honour went to the Turkish drama “Winter Sleep.” Dolan was moved that he shared his prize with Godard, the 83-year-old film icon. “What’s beautiful in sharing a prize with Godard is that he, in a different era, tried to reinvent cinema and I like to think that we are in a moment where cinema is going in a different direction and I would be happy to be part of that.”
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Follow the money: Canadian TV really is a racket
Wednesday May 28th 2014Bafflement. Public money spent. Appeals to the public for dollars and support. We must be talking about the Canadian TV racket. Thing is, we’re not talking CBC here. Last week’s announcement that Bell Media and Telefilm Canada are backing Corner Gas: The Movie (coming to movie theatres, followed by TV and DVD, later this year) has stirred up everything from excitement to exasperation. CBC-type exasperation.
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Why CBC desperately needs a hit TV show
Wednesday May 28th 2014It is something of a cruel joke that the most hyped new show slated to premiere on CBC Television is a sitcom called Schitt’s Creek. The 13-part series sees a wounded and increasingly risk-averse CBC doubling down on the past. It stars SCTV alumni Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara as members of a once wealthy family that’s broke and faced with a humiliating exercise in downsizing.
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William F. White Int’l Inc. opens new location in Sudbury in partnership with Northern Ontario Film Studios
Tuesday May 27th 2014Paul Bronfman, Chairman/CEO of Comweb Corp. and leading equipment provider, William F. White International Inc. (Whites) and David Anselmo, CEO of Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS) in Sudbury, announced the signing of an agreement that will see the creation of a new partnership for Northern Ontario. This collaboration is in direct response to the increased production volume in the region and aims to strengthen and empower the entire local film community by providing access to Whites’ state-of-the-art equipment and technical expertise.
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