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In defence of reel culture

Documentary director Ron Mann laments the loss of our celluloid heritage


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Film fest reviews: The People vs. George Lucas; Goodbye Mom; Black Hands: Tale of the Arsonist Slave

When George Lucas destroyed his original negatives, re-released his original Star Wars trilogy with new material and created three notoriously bad prequels, it was "like carving Bill Clinton onto Mount Rushmore," as someone observes in Alexandre Philippe's entertaining documentary that lets rabid fans of his empire strike back.


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Elton John's greatest go beyond the hits

People these days associate Sir Elton John with tantrums and tiaras more than beautiful ballads and barrelhouse rockers.


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Tips When Travelling to the USA

I love road trips. And apparently so do many of you because a lot of people have been asking questions on my blog about what happens if you're travelling outside of B.C.

 
 
 

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Finding fun in No Fun City

When Melissa James arrives here Friday for the Victoria Film Festival's première of her documentary No Fun City, she hopes she'll have some good news to share about the beginning of the end of the nonsense that inspired it.

 

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Elton John's greatest go beyong the hits

People these days associate Sir Elton John with tantrums and tiaras more than beautiful ballads and barrelhouse rockers.

 
 
 

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Beat poet helped create early hippie movement

Michael McClure, an original Beat poet living in California's rustic Oakland Hills, is 78 years old. This week, he declared his fiery passion for writing to be as strong as ever.

 
 
 

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Treat your mind's eye to painterly tomes

A rainy day in winter is the perfect time to get lost in a book. For a visually oriented person like me, a number of different subjects feed my mind.

 
 
 

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Janet Jackson says she was teased by her brothers as a child. ?There was a lot of pain in my life,? she told NBC TV in an interview to air Feb. 13.  ?I felt very unattractive.?

Janet Jackson says brothers verbally abused her

LOS ANGELES — Pop singer Janet Jackson says her big brother Michael Jackson used to tease her as a youngster about her bottom, while their other siblings called her a “horse,” “pig” and “cow.”

 
 
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Robert Amos

Robert Amos writes about visual arts. A full-time professional artist, Amos was born in Belleville, Ont., and is a graduate of York University in Toronto.

 
 
 
 

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Kevin Bazzana

Kevin Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. He has taught and written about classical music for 20 years and is an international expert on Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

 
 
 
 

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Adrian Chamberlain

Adrian Chamberlain writes about arts, entertainment and books. He has won three B.C. Newspaper Awards for arts writing and plays keyboards for a band In his spare time.

 
 
 
 

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Mike Devlin

Mike Devlin writes about music and popular culture. He previously worked in radio after graduating from Camosun College's Applied Communication Program in broadcasting.

 
 
 
 

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Michael D. Reid

Michael D. Reid writes about film and the entertainment industry. Raised in Montreal, Reid has written for a variety of publications over the years and early on was active in musical theatre.

 
 

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