Stettler Independent – “Critically-acclaimed Alberta-shot series gears up for second season”
Numera Films has wrapped shooting on the second season of the critically-acclaimed Abracadavers, with parts of the first season having been filmed in the Stettler area a few years back.
The Creative Block Podcast – “Vanessa Jette | Abracadavers”
Calgary is becoming the backdrop to many film and television productions. One of those is Abracadavers, which will be bringing out its second season soon. Vanesa Jette joins Kyle to discuss how she came to be hired and her hopes
Remembering the Brooklyn Americans, the Borough’s First NHL Team (Sort of, But Not Really)
During yesterday’s press conference announcing that the Islanders would move to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in 2015, commissioner Gary Bettman made reference to the 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans, an NHL team that had been known as the New York Americans and continued
Comedy Laura Gets a Cat (NR)
In “Laura Gets a Cat,” writer/director Michael Ferrell paints an image of the listlessness and unease that comes from reaching that age when you’re considered “an adult” yet feel you have little to show for it. His vision, filmed crisply
‘Kayan’ Jilted by VIFF, local director Maryam Najafi’s strong film finally makes its Canadian debut.
Maryam Najafi’s debut feature film receives its North American premiere this week. Kayan, the story of a Lebanese businesswoman trying to hold everything together as debt, love and life in general spirals out of her control, was made on a
Gone by Dawn + Gone by Dawn 2: Dead by Dusk
I decided I might as well combine these two into a single review. Having watched them back-to-back, even though made and set three years apart, they felt very much like the continuation of a single story about the same characters.
Interview with Janelle Morrison on the digital release of A Second Chance
The recently retired pro certainly knows how to face and overcome a challenge. On the digital release of the inspiring 2012 documentary, Morrison opens up about what the film meant to her, the near-fatal accident that prompted it and how
Creation and catastrophe: A survivor’s review of 1948
'1948: Creation & Catastrophe' is a documentary that provides compelling insights into the horrors of the Nakba, but much of the story remains to be told
Movie shot in Red Deer and Lacombe is nominated for Alberta film award
A murder mystery movie shot in the Red Deer area in 2017 is nominated for a Rosie Award. Cor Values features several Central Alberta locations that stand in for Idaho, including downtown Red Deer and Lacombe. The film has been nominated