TORONTO – Other than “carbon tax”! Canada’s biggest polluter is not man, but a natural phenomenon called “fire.” According to a new study, in fact, the wildfires that devastated the Canadian forest last year produced more carbon emissions than the burning of fossils in all but three countries in the world: only India, China and the United States polluted more. →
TORONTO – “Squali” which began shooting in Italy’s Veneto region in July is now in post-production, and marks the directorial debut for Roman born filmmaker Daniele Barbiero. The film stars Lorenzo Zurzolo alongside James Franco. It is an exciting tandem and an auspicious project for the burgeoning Zurzolo, one of Italy’s rising talents.
TORONTO – With one hand, the federal government “hits” those who come to Canada to work hard in the hope of building a better future for themselves and their family: it’s yesterday’s news (read it here) that the number of temporary foreign workers will be cut, “guilty” of being too many, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; on the other hand, the same government granted Canadian citizenship to a (suspected) terrorist, previously welcomed as a “refugee” and who did not come to work but, according to what emerged from an investigation by the RCMP (the Canadian Federal Police), to carry out attacks and massacres, particularly in Toronto where he was preparing to attack and where he was arrested, just in time, in a hotel in Richmond Hill (with his son who was also a “refugee”), a month after receiving Canadian citizenship. →
MONTREAL – The upcoming by-election in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record that had just been set (earlier this summer, in Toronto). According to Elections Canada, in fact, at least 91 candidates will be running on September 16 for the LaSalle—Émard—Verdun seat left vacant by former minister and MP David Lametti, who left politics. The record had stood since last June 24, when another by-election was held, that of Toronto-St. Paul, with 84 candidates: on that occasion, Elections Canada had to print ballots almost a meter long with two columns of names. →
TORONTO – Fans of the Italian Horror subgenre known as “Giallo Films” might view “A Classic Horror Story” as a pastiche of the 1960s murder mystery films. Giallo films were highly stylized and usually ultraviolent for their time – enjoying a heyday from the mid 60s to the late 70s. Filmmakers like Argento, Bava and Fulci who made films like “Suspiria”, “Blood and Black Lace” and “Zombie” arguably paved the way for the American Slasher films of the early eighties – and later the 90s neo-noir films of Tarantino and De Palma.
