Articles tagged with: film
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A few weeks ago, Sean Holman, the talented and prodigious editor of Public Eye Online was on the program to discuss the year that was and the year to come in provincial politics. We got to talking movies, when I’d asked him if he’d seen State of Play, the fine American film based on the British miniseries of the same name. This got me thinking about what films had the best depictions of politics, media, journalism and the writing process. I came up with a few, and limited myself to twenty which seemed a workable number. Twenty favourites, as it were.
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George Froehlich, editor of the Savvy Insider, veteran journalist and former television executive talks to Joseph Planta about the Savvy Insider, the abrupt departure of Tony Parsons from Global BC, restaurants to go to, and movies to see this holiday season.
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The Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker John Zaritsky discusses his film The Wild Horse Redemption, which has its premiere on CBC Television, Thursday, 11 March 2009, as well as his career and winning an Oscar, with Joseph Planta.
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Author and journalist Stephen Hunt, an arts reporter for the Calgary Herald, discusses Sunday’s Academy Awards with Joseph Planta, looking at the race for gold, the film’s nominated, and tradition of the Oscar show.
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The acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta discusses her new film, Heaven on Earth with Joseph Planta.
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Oscar nominated filmmaker David Paperny talks to Joseph Planta about Confessions of an Innocent Man, a new docudrama he has produced, co-written and directed. Airing Saturday, 19 January 2008 on CTV, it tells the harrowing story of British and Canadian national William Sampson, who was arrested, tortured, and framed for a 2000 bombing in Saudi Arabia.
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Leah McLaren from the Globe and Mail talked with Joseph Planta about her new bestselling novel, The Continuity Girl (HarperCollins, 2006). She discussed her book’s heroine, the ‘sperm bandit’ Meredith Moore, and the reaction that the book has had so far, including a rather savage review from Ryan Bigge.
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The independent filmmaker Ali Kazimi talked with Joseph Planta about his new film, Continuous Journey, a documentary about the Komagata Maru incident in Vancouver’s harbour in 1914. It debuts the DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival in Vancouver on Tuesday, 24 May 2005. It’s a fascinating moment in Canadian history, and a fascinating conversation that’s split into two segments.
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The First Weekend Club is an effective grassroots organisation promoting Canadian films. Its Executive Director, Anita Adams talked with Joseph Planta about the organisation and the work they do, as well as the state of the Canadian film industry.
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Dan Hughes, the producer of the 25th Annual Genie Awards previewed the awards telecast on Monday, and talked with Joseph Planta about the Canadian films nominated.
