Cineplex Cinemas reopen in Nova Scotia… again

Back in the second week of February I reported that our regional multiplexes were reopening after a few months of health and safety-required closure. Another, brief spike in the infection numbers closed them again. Looks like they're giving it another shot. Fingers crossed they'll stay open this time. Here's a heads-up on a few notable…Read More

Carbon Arc Cinema Update: March 2021

The ongoing pandemic has forced Halifax's independent cinema series Carbon Arc to shift its screenings into the virtual space. Virtual Cinema isn't the same as gathering together on Friday nights to enjoy the best international features and documentaries, but it has allowed us on the programming committee to continue to offer quality films at a…Read More

Stray review — It’s the dog’s life

Directed by Elizabeth Lo | 72 min | Carbon Arc Cinema  Five years ago when an audience could gather together in person in the screening room at the Museum Of Natural History on Summer Street,  Carbon Arc Cinema programmed a documentary called Kedi about cats living on the streets of Istanbul. A delight for feline…Read More

Lapsis review — Amusing sci-fi satire connects

Written and Directed by Noah Hutton | 108 min | Carbon Arc Cinema  A deliciously grim tech comedy, Lapsis imagines a near future — which is today, let's face it — where grunt workers who labour for a massive computer conglomerate compete against each other, and automatons,  by stringing cables through the woods between cube…Read More