There’s nothing like starting a new year, with an old friend. And hitting book shelves this week, is my friend Ava Lee, returning in her latest adventure, her tenth novel, by Canadian author, Ian Hamilton. This tale picks up shortly after the last, The Courtier of Milan, with forensic accountant Lee’s love life coming to…
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The Mind Reels Chats – TIFF15: Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
TIFF continues to be very good to Sue and I, and we were afforded the opportunity to chat with one of the filmmakers behind the powerful documentary, Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers. Meeting and chatting with Geeta Gandbhir and Sgt. J.J. Hainey was a highlight of the day for us, and gave us…
Hot Docs 2014: Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (John Zaritsky)
As part of the retrospective on John Zaritsky, the Canadian Documentarian, there were screenings of some of his films, and I was fortunate enough to make it in to a presentation of his 1994 film, Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo. This film is stunning and heartbreaking, though age hasn’t necessarily been kind to the format…
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