TORONTO – Since Carlo Lizzani’s 1949 documentary Nel Mezzogiorno Qualcosa è Cambiato (Something Has Changed in the South), nearly 60 major films have been shot in and around Matera’s 10,000-year-old cave dwellings – known as the Sassi. And now the sixth season of The Chosen, a very popular miniseries about the mission of Jesus of Nazareth, is being filmed in the aptly named “City of Stones”.
TORONTO – Nearly one in four Canadians has been directly affected by extreme weather events in the past twelve months, according to a new survey conducted online by Leger among 1,529 Canadians between June 13 and 15: according to the research, 23 per cent of Canadians interviewed said they had been personally affected by extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, wildfires and tornadoes in the past 12 months. →
TORONTO – Imagine a publisher/broadcaster faced with “reportable issues” having to make the decision between ‘what could be of interest’ and what ‘everyone is talking about, and matters’. You may not be surprised by what follows…
OTTAWA – The Conservatives have joined the Liberals in voting on a motion to pass a massive bill on major project approvals in the House of Commons by the end of the week. The bill would grant the federal government sweeping powers, including the ability to override laws on projects that are “of national interest,” particularly to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers in response to tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s U.S.
TORONTO – Four years ago, Pixar set aside its usual brain trust approach to filmmaking when they hired Enrico Casarosa to make his animated film Luca. The film follows a little boy’s adventures in Ponterosso, a fictional seaside town on the Italian Riviera. A Genoa native, Casarosa made the most of his creative license and developed a story which was not only nominated by Academy Awards, but in 2021 became the most-watched streaming film with over 10.6 billion minutes viewed (on Disney +).
