’He drinks espresso’Rick Mercer talks politics, the Mercer Report and those ads. "Have you gone to the website?" Mercer asks. "They have stuff in...
Iranian democrat beaten, on hunger strikeI’ve written about Iranian democratic activist Behrouz Javid Tehrani several times since meeting him in Tehran five years...
Getting in Brad Pitt’s face (with a camera) at Canneshttp://www.vimeo.com/4805543 A CANNES VIDEO PRESENTED BY CANON CANADA
Television CartographyThis has been around for a while, but the sitcom map is a useful guide to where TV comedies take place and which areas of the...
Toward a unified theory of American Idol and Canadian politicsDoug Bell attempts to make the connection. If that’s the idea, the ads do the trick. Ignatieff ‘s suggestion that the ads are...
Brad and Quentin, basking ’basterds’http://vimeo.com/4805543 A CANNES VIDEO PRESENTED BY CANON CANADA At a festival loaded with heavyweight auteurs, and light on...
Don’t make Iggy angryYou wouldn’t like Iggy when he’s angry. Just ask Peter. Very briefly at the 1:48 mark (Peter reappears again for a second or two...
MUSIC: Canadians in mid-airFrom the program notes to Toronto composer Gary Kulesha’s Third Symphony : Let’s take that as our text for these three...
Canadian co-pro ’Amreeka’ wins prize in CannesA Palestinian movie shot in Ramallah and Winnipeg scores with both audiences and critics