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Cheryl Binning
VIFF to open with Blindness
Cannes selections dot schedule of 27th annual fest, to close with Palme d’Or winner The Class
TIFF 2008: Gross faced long fight on Passchendaele
Completing the $20-million budget for his mud ‘n’ blood epic was ‘fantastically complicated’ says director
TV sports just got a lot more competitive
With the announcement of three new sports outlets in a matter of weeks, the Canadian sports channel arena is set to get a lot more competitive.
Make Believe revisits short-lived shows
A new series from Vancouver’s Make Believe Media takes an insider’s look at an all too familiar industry reality – TV shows that don’t make it past their first season.
Romantic WWI epic a classic Canadian story
OPENING NIGHT GALA: PASSCHENDAELE
VIFF collects best of other fests
This year’s Vancouver International Film Festival will feature many films that have won awards at earlier global events, giving moviegoers a chance to catch some of the best in world cinema
Butt values humor over logic
Brent Butt knows when to quit. He’s just got that timing thing down pat. Yesterday he was writing for the final season of Corner Gas – while the comedy series is still a smash hit. Tomorrow he’ll be planning Corner Gas – the movie – as well as another series for CTV. And today the series’ multitalented creator, star, executive producer and head of the sitcom’s writing team shares his successful tricks of the trade with Playback.
Creative freedom and cash the keys to success
A touch of magic may help ignite a hit TV show, but the real secret behind CTV/Comedy Network’s Corner Gas series was creative freedom and cash, according to the producing team.
Memorable Gas Moments
‘At the beginning, it was all cool and exciting writing the scripts andpicking the cast, but the moment it got surreal was when we went out to look at the gas station, which was being built from scratch.
Composer straddles Cancon and Hollywood grandeur
Toronto film composer Andrew Lockington has captured the attention of Hollywood and is riding a career high, working on successive major U.S. studio releases, including the upcoming fantasy City of Ember, produced by Tom Hanks and directed by Gil Kenan (Monster House), and the current Montreal-shot New Line Cinema release Journey to the Centre of the Earth, directed by visual effects wizard Eric Brevig.
Music man Findlay buys into Film Sound One
Composer David Findlay has joined forces with Toronto’s Film Sound One to create a one-stop sound shop.
B.C. studios busy, others quiet across country
Montreal and Toronto are both pointing to the potential Screen Actors Guild strike to explain why mega-soundstages such as Montreal’s Mel’s Cité du Cinéma and Toronto’s Filmport are basically idle during what is typically the summer service shooting bonanza. However, Vancouver has several big-budget American features shooting over the next few months, including 20th Century Fox’s Night at the Museum 2 (starring Ben Stiller), which is currently in production through to September.
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