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Movie Making in the Fast Lane
It takes a long time to make a movie, usually to the tune of years. Looking to test the limits of creation, ingenuity, and sheer ability-to-get-it-done-ness of Ottawa filmmakers, the offices of the Ottawa International Film Festival present their latest 72-hour Film Challenge. That’s right, three days. Find out more about the 72-hour challenge.
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REVIEW: Blood on the Moon
Writer and performer Pierre Brault first performed Blood on the Moon on a Fringe stage in 1999. From there, he did runs at the National Arts Centre three years in a row, toured across Canada, took the show to Ireland, and did an on camera presentation of the show for Bravo. That alone tells you the one thing you need to know: see this show at the GCTC while you can.
GCTC Presents Blood on the Moon
In 1868, one of the father’s of confederation, Thomas D’Arcy McGee was shot on his way home after a late night session in parliament. James Patrick Whelan was arrested, tried, and (possibly erroneously) hung for the crime. All his happened here in Ottawa and it’s the subject of Pierre Brault’s enormously popular one-man show – Blood on the Moon.
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Editorial: So here it is.
When I graduated high school, I listed three programs on my college application; Journalism, Small Business Management, and Computer Programming. With dreams of making console video games (yes, I’m a geek), I ended up taking Computer Programming and while the skills I learned there were and are still valuable, what I really got from that program was concrete knowledge that spending eight-hours a day poring over code, week-in week-out, would have been soul crushing work for me. Respect to those who do it but it was not what I was made for. Read the full story of Production Ottawa.
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REVIEW: Lost in Yonkers
Picture the most dysfunctional family you can think of. Maybe yours. Now kick them out of the picture and make way for the family in Lost in Yonkers. In Neil Simon’s Pulitzer prize winning coming-of-age comedy, Simon takes a hard look at this family through the eyes of 13 and 15 year old Jay and Arty who suddenly have to spend ten months living with their estranged grandma while their dad is on the road. Should you see it?
OLT presents Lost in Yonkers
Two young boys are dropped off at their estranged – and almost faschist – grandmother’s house after their father gets in deep with the loan sharks and has to take to the road. That’s the set-up for Neil Simon’s pullitzer-prize winning comedy “Lost in Yonkers” opening at the Ottawa Little Theatre on January 10th. Watch our preview.
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A Violent State hits the Ottawa International Film Festival
This past August marked the second outing for the Ottawa International Film Festival, which screens a selection of both movies from abroad as well as local fare such as Adrian Langley’s A Violent State – the film that took home the fest’s top prize. Our video team was on hand covering the event, including Should You See It’s Matthew Champ, who reviewed some of the bigger films in the fest. Check out our coverage.
