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Excellent Value Polish DVDs

Alerted by one of the many smart folks on the DVD Beaver email list, a few months back I checked out Merlin.pl, an online retailer located in Poland. I was especially delighted to discover a whole series of two-disc sets … Continue reading

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Help Kick Start Andrew James’ New Doc Street Fighting Man

“Street Fighting Man” Teaser Trailer from Beachfire Pictures on Vimeo. Andrew James is one of the co-directors of Cleanflix (review), an interesting exploration of copyright issues in the context of Mormon culture. I had the good fortune of meeting Andrew … Continue reading

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Toronto Festivals Portal

Toronto is blessed to host perhaps the largest number of film festivals in the world, and now finally there is a site that can help make sense of them all. Toronto Film Festivals is an initiative supported by George Brown … Continue reading

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I’m Here

I’m Here (Director: Spike Jonze): A random Tweet a few days ago brought I’m Here to my attention, which seems fitting, since it’s a love story about robots. Spike Jonze’ made this 30-minute short film with support from Absolut Vodka, … Continue reading

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NFB Goes 3D and HD!

Celebrating the one year anniversary of their online screening room, and following the success of such 3D titles as Avatar and Up, Canada’s National Film Board has continued to innovate by making some of the films in its online screening … Continue reading

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