A “New Hope” for language revitalization
A short time from now in a galaxy very close to home, a new version of Star Wars will debut at the Centennial Concert Hall….
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Wilfred Buck: from stargazer to screen star
The “star guy” has become a movie star. Hailing from Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), Wilfred Buck — a U of M graduate — works for…
Notting Hill can spread love straight from the heart
Love has never been a complicated idea for me. I grew up watching my parents fall in love every day. I watched them sing old…
The ‘Toban staff’s romantic Valentine’s Day movie picks
Before Sunrise (1995) Before Sunrise, the first in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy, follows Jesse and Céline, two 20-somethings, as they start to chat on a…
Finding forgotten lifeworlds through Yiddish Cinema
Obsession with communication and connection to diasporic cinema are concepts U of M scholars Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar explore in their newly published monograph,…
The art of appreciating bad art
Art, like any creative endeavour, does not exist in a vacuum. There is always a context and meaning behind what it represents. However, sometimes it’s…
OurToba to hold screening, networking event
OurToba Film Network, a non-profit organization that works to support women, non-binary and gender-diverse filmmakers, will present a film screening and networking event this Saturday,…
A race-conscious critique of The Lord of the Rings films
Over the break I had a movie marathon of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films. I ended up watching the franchise four times…
Reflections on Israel-Palestine, teaching and the suspension of Arij Al Khafagi
Over the past decade at the U of M, I’ve taught a course called “Sometimes Pus, Sometimes Poetry: Cinema and Israel/Palestine” several times. The first…
The ’Toban staff’s holly-jolly holiday movie picks
A Christmas Fury (2017) If you’re looking for a holiday film with a large dose of Canadiana, look no further. Based on the same characters…