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Canadian Awesome: Cube

Time after time the fusing of elements such as futurism, sci-fi and film turn out to be less a blessing and more of a curse—with so many good science fiction films produced by the early 90s it was hard to imagine anything new breaking any ground. Then along came Cube (1997, directed by Canadian Vincenzo Natali); a psychological masterpiece, it went on to spawn a number of not half bad sequels and was the start of a sci-fi revolution that More

Charcoal Fun

Charcoal has always been one of my favourite mediums, but for some reason it doesn’t get as much attention as the other ways to create a fine piece; you can blend it, create super dynamic shapes with the swipe of one hand, and cover vast amounts of paper extremely quickly. But it can also be a scary thing to use, simply because once it’s on paper, that’s it.

Here are a few pointers if you’re new to using charcoal:

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Canadian Cool: Eastern Promises

Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts: directed by Canadian master David Cronenberg–what more do you want from a movie?

Dark, sinister and refreshingly different from most modern gangster stories, Eastern Promises

In some ways, Eastern Promises

As with all of Cronenberg’s films, Easternthe

By the way, I have finally applied for those Secondary school jobs