Saguenay, Quebec’s outstanding international short film festival REGARD drew 400 filmmakers, critics and industry reps last week from the farthest corners of the world. China, Madagascar, Iran, Estonia, Canada, Switzerland, and more were represented and bound together by a common passion for the mighty short. Films at REGARD are carefully curated to be of superior quality, artistic merit and emotional… View Post
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland play a close knit married couple heading off on a last minute vacation, without telling their meddling children. The board their trusty RV The Leisure Seeker and head off from New England to visit Ernest Hemingway’s home in Florida Keys, and fulfil; his lifelong wish. There’s urgency to the mission; he’s showing signs of debilitating dementia and… View Post
by Shannon Wray (Love, Hope & Autism, March 18, 9pm, CBC Docs POV) When my son, Fraser, was three years old, a dark, mysterious stranger called autism stole the daydream map of his life I’d had in my heart and mind. I felt lost and devastated. Who would he be? What would our life be like? I no longer had… View Post
Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay’s hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling science fantasy novel for children A Wrinkle in Timeis a marvel. Not many films, let alone children’s films, dare to take on spirituality and philosophy, literature and mythology, and non-ironic travel to new dimensions. Oprah, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kahling in her best performance to date are three “Mrs.”… View Post
Meditation Park written and directed by Mina Shum, and starring Pei-Pei Cheng and Sandra Oh, is a tragicomedy, a romp about love, trust, home and coping in a Chinese community in Vancouver. Pei-Pei Cheng, a major star in China, joined Shum’s film on condition that she not be made to ride a bicycle even though that’s a pivotal part of… View Post
You don’t have to live your life in pain. This week we spoke with Dr. Michael Ho who saw thousands of patients come in and out of his clinic struggling with painful conditions. With a special interest in relieving chronic pain, Dr. Ho developed The Pain Therapy System. This innovative technology is a form of TENS therapy (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve… View Post