Category Archives: Atlantic

Atlantic Film Festival 2010 Gala

My day-job blogging has begun over at The Coast's website. In order not to duplicate, I'll just send your eyes over there.This first post has to do with last night's Gala Party event on Citadel Hill in Halifax, the opening movie Score: A Hockey Musical, (in the image above you'll see female lead actor Allie…Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2010 Picks

For 10 glorious days I believe Halifax is stuffed with cineastes, and that magical time is just about here again. On Thursday, September 16, the 30th Annual Atlantic Film Festival starts up with a picture called Score: A Hockey Musical. I don't know what to think of it yet, but here are a few reactions…Read More

Hobo With A Shotgun first trailer

This appears in front of Machete, the new grindhouse picture opening today, directedby Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis.For those who don't know, Hobo With A Shotgun is the first feature from Jason Eisener, shotearlier this year in Dartmouth and Halifax. It stars Rutger Hauer as the vengeful fellow in the title. I was on set…Read More

A Bug and a Bag of Weed returns

Just a heads up for my Halifax peeps:The excellent independent film series Carbon Arc at the Khyber has beenbringing us all sorts of interesting films on Thursday evenings through the summer.(Check out former Coast film critic Mark Palermo's intro to Torque here.)Tonight they're showing A Bug and a Bag of Weed, a comedy shot in…Read More