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Popcorn With Maple Syrup
People who bemoan the state of Canadian film, when compared with the media juggernaut that is the American film industry, would do well to watch Popcorn With Maple Syrup Read more
Dining on Ramen and Talking to the Dead
On November 23,The Old Fire Hall will once again host a free mini-festival of Japanese films, hosted by the Japanese Canadian Association of Yukon (JCAY). This time it’s a double bill, with one film extolling the virtues of a noted Japanese food Read more
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Get Moving
A glance at the credits of a film reveals that it’s a collaborative art form involving a lot of people over a lot of time. Read more
Kitchen Party
It’s hard to believe the Yukon Film Society (YFS) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Started in 1984 with a handful of volunteers, it has maintained a reputation for showing quality independent and alternative films. Its appreciative and Read more
The Meaning Of Life
With the Whitehorse Correctional Centre currently under the microscope of public scrutiny, it’s a good time to look at alternatives. Read more
More Quality Films to See on a Big Screen
Fresh from one of its most successful festivals to date, the Yukon Film Society presents a trio of superb films in its monthly Available Light Cinema series, March 22 and 23. Read more
Issue: 2014-01-30, PHOTO: courtesy of the Yukon Film Society
30 Films in 8 Days
Canada's largest film festival north of 60 is about to get underway, as the 12th annual Available Light Film Festival begins in early February. Festival programmer Andrew Connors promises an impressive array of documentaries, films on the environmen Read more
One Day, Ample Big-Screen Film Options
The Princess Bride is the ideal post-Christmas movie fare for the whole family. It'll be playing at the Yukon Arts Centre on the afternoon of Jan. 12, as part of the Yukon Film Society's Available Light Cinema series. First released in 1987, it has b Read more
Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals is a vibrant and loving tribute to the music that came out of a small recording studio in rural northern Alabama in the 1950s and '60s, which left its mark forever on the world of contemporary rock, pop, and rhythm and blues. Read more
New Film Highlights Struggles of the Finnish Labour Movement in Thunder Bay
On Monday the Yukon Film Society's Available Light Cinema series presents a little-known but fascinating story in the history of Canadian Labour, with its showing of Under The Red Star. Read more
Just Everyday Life; Through David Byrne's Eyes
"I deal with stuff that's too dumb for people to have bothered to formulate opinions on," David Byrne says in his 1986 film True Stories. Byrne, front man for the band Talking Heads at the time, directed and starred in the film, which is a quirky mo Read more
Poignant Labour Docs Screen in Whitehorse
The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF) celebrates its fifth anniversary in the Yukon on Wednesday, November 20. CLIFF is an initiative of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), presented locally by the Yukon Employees Union ( Read more
A Front-Row Seat into the Lives of Musicians
Each summer the population of Atlin, B.C. swells from its normal 400 to 2,500, as the Atlin Arts and Music Festival swings into gear for a weekend in mid-July. This year, the festival's tenth anniversary, will be no exception. Read more
The Provider heads to Cannes
For a novice filmmaker, Moira Sauer has been getting a lot of mileage from her six-minute silent short. The latest victory for her film, The Provider, is an invitation from Telefilm Canada to screen at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in mid-May Read more
Shakespearian Shenanigans
The Yukon Film Society (YFS) is taking it's production The Grub-Stake Revisited on tour in early May as part of Northern Scene at Ottawa's National Arts Centre (NAC). Read more
Pretty and Witty and Gay
The Old Fire Hall in downtown Whitehorse will host the second annual Out North Film Festival on the weekend of April 19-21. Read more
Please Make this Movie Disappear
We're all used to seeing films about broken-down musicians, but broken-down magicians? Based on the evidence of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, it's a category best left unexplored. Read more
A Mish-Mash of Cliche's
"Dark Skies" was the title of a short-lived NBC series during the 1996-97 television season. It was a smartly designed, intriguing and timely show, which the network cancelled, ostensibly for low ratings. But constant pre-emptions virtually guarantee Read more
An Entertaining Comedy
Seth Gordon, director of last year's comedy Horrible Bosses, and its co-star Jason Bateman team up once again for Identity Thief, also starring Melissa McCarthy, whose performance in Bridesmaids paid off at the box office. Read more
Not Every Silver Lining Leaves You Satisfied
I wanted to like Silver Linings Playbook more than I did, and really anticipated seeing it when it came to Whitehorse, two months after its release practically everywhere else. Read more