On Friday I was once again on the CBC Nova Scotia morning radio show, Information Morning, speaking with guest-host Preston ...

If you want to know why, ask Renny Harlin about Cutthroat Island or Roman Polanski about Pirates — wildly expensive movies, poorly reviewed and received. These pictures are a gamble. And to this movie ...

Some of the best scenes are when Ray invites Colin to join him with his gang of gay bikers (including the acting debut of The ...

As usual, Jarmusch brings together an excellent cast. We get so little of Tom Waits the musician these days, but it’s always a pleasure to see him act. He’s father to Adam Driver and Mayim Bialik, who ...

I’m not the first to say it, but Maika Monroe should be a bigger star. She brings a rarely felt authenticity to every role she chooses, from The Guest and It Follows to Longlegs — that’s certainly the ...

To grow as a noticer you need to be challenged so your understanding of materials, and design, and technique is constantly expanding. Recently three people, whose work helped to train my eye, died. I ...

Having binged the various versions of Little Women, I discovered the many adaptations of another beloved book: Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Not all the versions are available — ...

Gates and gateways are powerful symbols in our culture. Think of the gated community, gateway drugs, the pearly gates, or the Atlantic Gateway Project. Well, maybe not the latter but you get the idea.

Carsten Knox is a massive, cheese-eating nerd. In the day he works as a journalist in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At night he stares out at the rain-slick streets, watches movies, and writes about what he's ...

Thanks to an article in the New York Times, I’ve learned Karen Kingsbury is the new Queen of Christian Fiction (American-styled), taking her rapidly written bestsellers and turning them into TV series ...

Gordon Stephenson was brought in by Halifax Council in 1957 to develop a plan for slum clearance. Stephenson was considered to be an expert in urban renewal and, as advocated by modernists like ...

Recently the former residents of Africville have re-launched a suit for compensation for lost property. This seemed like a good time to release a work in progress. I ran through minutes of council ...