Nicholas Lea, Gabrielle Rose and Agam Darshi team up for Bruce Sweeney conman...
Vancouver director Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding, Excited) tends to take a long time between movies (five movies in 15 years) and his latest is no exception. Actor Gabrielle Rose, the Vancouver stage and...
View ArticleNicholas Lea, Bruce Sweeney head to TIFF with new Crimes
Vancouver writer-director Bruce Sweeney is heading back to September’s Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of his latest feature, The Crimes of Mike Recket. The new movie, described as...
View ArticleHorns, sports talk and dead directors among B.C.’s TIFF entries
A supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, a dark comedy about an abrasive talk-show host, and a drama about a daughter’s coming-to-terms with her late filmmaker father are the three B.C.-made...
View ArticleMaverick director Carl Bessai gets a nod from Whistler festival and friends
The convivial crowd at the Blue Water Cafe in Vancouver’s Yaletown got some laughs at a fundiraiser this week for the Whistler Film Festival. The fest honoured prolific indie director Carl Bessai with...
View ArticleB.C. actors nominate their best
Three cast members from CBC TV’s adventure series Arctic Air are among the best actress nominees as B.C.’s actors make their annual picks. The indie coming-of-age movie Becoming Redwood also earned...
View ArticleTheatre review: Dark secrets in the sunny desert
There’s a great scene at the end of Annie Hall when quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen arrives in sweltering Southern California absurdly dressed in a wool jacket, shirt buttoned to the neck,...
View ArticleCrime pays at B.C. actor awards for TV’s Motive
The CTV crime series Motive was the big winner Sunday night as B.C. film and TV actors got together for their second annual awards night. John Pyper-Ferguson was named best actor at the Union of B.C....
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