Sunday steampunk bike ride embraces apocalypse with style
Steampunk is first and foremost a literary genre, a 19th Century view of the future – steam powered, mechanical and pre-electronic. And everyone dresses well. “It’s like Mad Max meets Marie Antoinette,” explains Cory Richards, a salesperson at Sanctuary Curio Shoppe (10310 81 Avenue), which is hosting Edmonton’s first steampunk bicycle ride on Sunday, June […]
Hollywood star wants to shoot horror movies in Deadmonton
Edmonton’s efforts to promote itself as the perfect place to shoot horror movies could get a big boost if a Hollywood star, best known for battling a time travelling robot with an Austrian accent, decides to shoot three movies here next year. Actor/producer Michael Biehn recently scouted film locations among the empty buildings of Alberta […]
Alberta film and TV producers tremble as budget axe falls
Alberta’s film and television producers are waiting for the bombs to drop as details emerge on the impact that federal budget cuts will have on the National Film Board, Telefilm Canada and the CBC. The most damage will likely come from the announcement by the CBC that it will reduce spending on independent productions, according […]
FAVA Fest goes long on top-notch shorts
This is film festival season, of that there is no doubt. This week, however, is hyper local thanks to the infusion of local short-film making excellence that is the Film and Video Arts Fest. The Festival runs at the FAVA Exhibition Suite (9722 102 St) and Metro Cinema at the Garneau, 8712 109 St. For […]
Heavy issues at Edmonton Jewish Film Festival: Lest we forget
This town sure has a lot of film festivals. Hot on the heels of the Global Visions Docs and the Oscar shorts series from the Edmonton International Film Fest folks, noted local filmmaker Josh Miller is once again leading the charge as the Edmonton Jewish Film Festival kicks off Sunday at the Citadel Theatre’s Ziedler […]
Life and death matters at Global Visions Film Festival
If you imagine documentarians to be journalists who broke out of the box and found their hearts, the Global Visions Film Festival is for you. Edmonton’s annual “non-fiction” film festival runs at venues around town through Sunday. Here are three more capsule reviews by Lowell Thomson: * * * INTO THE ABYSS, directed by Werner […]
GLOBAL VISIONS: No humans harmed in brilliant eco-mentary If a Tree Falls
Continuing the environmentalist thread seen in some of the selections at the Global Visions Film Festival, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (showing Friday at 9:15 p.m. at the Metro Cinema) is substantial, balanced journalism – the kind of documentary we all wish we saw more often. But more than […]
