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Category Archives: Film

Pandemic Report #2

May 5, 2020by neath Leave a comment
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Film, Montreal, Urban, Whales

Ellis D. Kropotechev and Zeus, This marvelous time-sharing system. 1967

July 25, 2017by neath Leave a comment

Stumbled on to this interesting little 16mm film made by a couple of Standford grad students in 1967. Some computer history and plenty of innuendo. Enjoy!

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Film, History, Technology, Urban

The Searchers

April 24, 2016by neath 2 Comments

I like discussing influences which may also be a way of simply saying I am not ashamed to admit where it all comes from….anyway, took a shot of a “back […]

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Film, Movies, Photographs, Urban

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

December 16, 2014by neath Leave a comment

Douglas Fairbanks as the greatest drug addict/detective in the history of cinema! Brilliant film from 1915 with a postmodern ending and you can see that being friends with Chaplin really, […]

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Film, Movies, Video

CoastalTarSands.ca Launching Today

March 22, 2013by neath Leave a comment

Today is WORLD WATER DAY and I’m honouring  it by launching my next media campaign http://coastaltarsands.ca There’s very little time left before the Harper government plans to approve the Enbridge […]

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Activism, British Columbia Coast, environment, Film, Tar Sands, Whales

À St-Henri, le 26 août – Screening Thursday Night

November 28, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Great opportunity to see this film and pick up some information about Projet Montreal. From the NFB page– Glide along the boulevards of St-Henri with the charming perpetual motion machines […]

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Community, Film, Saint Henri

Lost Rivers

October 10, 2012by neath 1 Comment

Once upon a time, in almost every industrial city, countless rivers flowed. We built houses along their banks. Our roads hugged their curves. And their currents fed our mills and […]

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Documentary, Film, Sewers, Urban Exploration

Green

April 18, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Green The Film Interview with Patrick Rouxel

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Activism, Film, Video

À bout de souffle / Breathless

February 18, 2012by neath Leave a comment

À bout de souffle / Breathless

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Film, Movies, Video

La Chinoise

February 17, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Released one year before the student protests in Paris in 1968 this film is still relevant in this time of the Occupy movement. Below is a description I like. “Godard does not […]

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Film, Movies, Video

Alphaville

February 16, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Low budget sci fi noir from Godard, you can do a lot worse. “Lemmy Caution is a secret agent with the code number of 003 from “the Outlands”. Entering Alphaville in his Ford […]

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Film, Movies, Video

Eloge de l’amour / In Praise Of Love

February 15, 2012by neath Leave a comment

This film is equally known for  it’s “attacks” on American culture in general and Stephen Spielberg in particular as it is for it’s hypercolour  last third. Godard at his best. I will […]

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Film, Movies, Video

Occupy Love

January 5, 2012by neath Leave a comment

About The Film Occupy Love will be a moving, transformative feature documentary that asks the question: how are the economic and ecological crises we are facing today a great love story?  […]

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Activism, Art, Art & Culture, Film, Occupy Love

RAINFOREST The Limit of Splendour

September 19, 2011by neath Leave a comment

The world premier will be screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2011: Tuesday October 11 & Wednesday October 12 Inspired by his relationship with a Kwakwaka’wakw elder, the filmmaker […]

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Activism, Art, environment, Festival, Film

Montreal 60 Second Film Festival

September 13, 2011by neath Leave a comment

Our 2011 screenings will take place the nights of Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17 at the magnificent Rialto Theatre. $8 / Doors at 7:30 pm / Films around […]

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Art, Festival, Film, Montreal

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