TORONTO – Securing a theatrical release in the US is a typically onerous task for any foreign film, due to a combination of market factors…
TORONTO – The snow, although forecast, has left drivers stunned, and many of them, perhaps unprepared, have been involved in traffic accidents caused by the slipperiness of the roads. →
TORONTO – Braccio di ferro a Ottawa sul fronte budget federale. Mentre la settimana appena passata si è conclusa con le prime due votazioni – bocciata la mozione del Partito Conservatore sul no preventivo alla Manovra, con Bloc Quebecois e Ndp che hanno votato insieme al Partito Liberale – da oggi ci sarà una tregua alla Camera, visto che la nostra classe politica sarà impegnata nelle varie cerimonie che portano al Remembrance Day…
TORONTO – A former colleague, now deceased, friend of mine would come to Toronto, often. Because, in his words, for business reasons “if it did not exist, we would have to invent it”. The city is a meeting place for people who “make things happen”, who report the outcomes, distinguish between what is desirable or not and who promote the positives as a natural outcome of human engagement – economic and cultural. It is a true “hub”. The city once had a reputation as “Toronto the Good”, and it was not simply because of the number of churches.
TORONTO – Nearly 600 films are shot in the US each year, and just over 400 each in Canada and Italy. With more than 100 years of history in cinema, there’s almost no uncharted territory left for film crews…
