Tag Archives: Dustin Hoffman

eska : protecting whose purity?

Access to clean, safe drinking water is the exception and not the rule in many aboriginal communities in Canada. In this country of vast mineral wealth, it is most appalling. Water usage and bulk water sales are a sensitive issue, … Continue reading

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An Oscar for the “male gaze”

Since the first biblical patriarchs wandered out of Babylonia to the Egyptian Pharoahs and through the Greek theatre of Aristophanes to modern Hollywood, the male hero has been the center of the universe. Copernicus proved “man” was not the center … Continue reading

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uncomfortably numb: black comedy no ice

there is an uncomfortable sense of comfort to the film Barney’s Version, the Robert Lantos adaptation of  the Mordecai Richler novel.  There are the familiar devices of death, longing and memory but the ingenious Richler always managed to steer clear … Continue reading

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MASKS OF PESSIMISM: MIRTH,MADNESS & MANLINESS

Clyde boastfully, but shyly introduces them with a disarming smile, accentuating the bond they share with the country folk – while anticipating (almost as an afterthought) the course that they are committed to pursue – bank robbery: This here’s Miss … Continue reading

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