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Mark Korven
Mark Korven is a Canadian musician and composer for film and television. His work includes the music on the sci-fi horror cult film '' Cube'' (1997), collaborations with director Robert Eggers on the period horror films ''The Witch'' (2015) and '' The Lighthouse'' (2019), and Scott Derrickson's ''The Black Phone'' (2022). Life and career During his early career in Winnipeg, Korven performed in a variety of rock and jazz music ensembles, mostly playing the guitar and singing in local bars. In 1977, he started taking formal music education at the Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton where he studied jazz and orchestration. After graduating, he developed into a singer / songwriter and recorded his first album of left-of-center pop entitled "Passengers". In 1987 he moved to Toronto, where he recorded the album "Ordinary Man" with Duke Street Records, and that same year he had his first chance at composing for film, with the score for Patricia Rozema's debut feature ''I've He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Current
Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 6.8% between 2011 and 2016, ending up at 16,604 residents. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137. History Swift Current's history began with Swift Current Creek which originates at Cypress Hills and traverses of prairie and empties into the South Saskatchewan River. The creek was a camp for First Nations for centuries. The name of the creek comes from the Cree, who called the South Saskatchewan River meaning "it flows swiftly". Fur traders found the creek on their westward treks in the 1800s, and called it "rivière au Courant" (lit: "river of the current"). Henri Julien, an artist travelling with the North-West Mounted Police expedition in 1874, referred to it as "Du Courant", and Commissioner George French used "Strong Current Creek" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duduk
The duduk ( ; hy, դուդուկ ) or tsiranapogh ( hy, ծիրանափող, meaning “apricot-made wind instrument”), is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia. Variations of the Armenian duduk appear throughout the Caucasus and the Middle East, including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Duduk, Balaban, and Mey are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. It is commonly played in pairs: while the first player plays the melody, the second plays a steady drone called ''dum'', and the sound of the two instruments together creates a richer, more haunting sound. The unflattened reed and cylindrical body produce a sound closer to the English horn than the oboe or bassoon. Unlike other double reed instruments like the oboe or shawm, the duduk has a very large reed proportional to its size. UNESCO proclaimed the Armenian duduk and its music as a Masterpiece of the Intangib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awakening The Zodiac
''Awakening the Zodiac'' is a 2017 Canadian mystery crime drama film directed by Jonathan Wright and starring Shane West and Leslie Bibb. Premise A couple buy a storage unit, finding evidence of the Zodiac Killer and try to solve the case. Cast *Shane West as Mick Branson *Leslie Bibb as Zoe Branson *Matt Craven as Harvey *Kenneth Welsh as Ben *Nicholas Campbell as Ray *Stephen McHattie as Zodiac *John Bregar as Adam *Eva Link as Lula *Jennie Esnard as Tina *Douglas Kidd as Officer *Sandra Wilson as Front Desk Woman Production Although the film is set in Virginia, the film was shot in Ontario, especially in Almonte, outside of Ottawa. Reception The film has 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Barry Hertz of ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'' aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruel And Unusual (2014 Film)
Cruel and Unusual is a 2014 Canadian surrealistic thriller film written and directed by Merlin Dervisevic in his feature debut. Starring David Richmond-Peck, Bernadette Saquibal, and Michelle Harrison, the film follows a man wrongly condemned for killing his wife, who finds himself in a mysterious institution where he is sentenced to relive her death for eternity. Distributed by Entertainment One in Canada and Candy Factory Films in the United States, the film was theatrically released on 24 May 2014. Plot In their bathroom, Edgar desperately attempts to save his unresponsive wife, Maylon, a Filipino immigrant. Shortly after giving up, he dies, too. Suddenly driving his car down the road, Edgar pulls over in confusion. After he stumbles out of his car, he recognizes a tree without knowing why. He and Maylon argue briefly, then return to their house. Maylon is worried about her troubled teenage son, Gogan, who has not yet returned home. Edgar encourages her to be stricter and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jonathan Wamback Story
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Win, Again!
''Win, Again!'' is a Canadian television film, which was broadcast by CBC Television in 1999.David Barber, "Father and child reunion: On screen and off, Win, Again! benefits from family ties". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 16, 1999. Directed by Eric Till, the film stars Gordon Pinsent as Win Morrissey, a man from Nova Scotia who abandoned his family 16 years earlier to go on the run after being accused of a crime he did not commit, and is now returning home to reconcile with them after finally being exonerated. The film also stars Gabrielle Rose as Win's wife Lois, who has moved on with a career in real estate and a new boyfriend; Michael Riley as their son John, a successful urban planner living in Toronto who resents his father's absence from his childhood; Leah Pinsent as John's girlfriend Julie; and Eric Peterson as Win's brother Cliff. Martha Gibson and Lawrence Dane also appear in supporting roles.Bonnie Malleck, "Pinsent has best role in years: Bittersweet drama Win, Agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Mine (film)
''Giant Mine'' is a Canadian television film, which dramatizes the events of the 1992 Giant Mine labour dispute and the subsequent bomb explosion which killed nine replacement workers. The film, written by John Hunter and Martin O'Malley and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis, aired on CBC Television in 1996. Cast * Frank Moore as Roger Warren * Peter Outerbridge as Jim O'Neil * Thomas Mitchell as Chris Neill * Alberta Watson as Peggy Witte * Peter MacNeill as Harry Seaton * Wayne Robson as Bill Schram * Shawn Doyle as Al Shearing * Scott Speedman as "Spanky" Riggs * Caroly Larson as Carol Aitken * Chris Benson as Arnold Russell * Layne Coleman as Dale Hounson Parody * The Canadian parody show ''This Hour has 22 Minutes ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (commonly shortened to ''22 Minutes'' since 2009) is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics wi ...'' poked fun at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis's Charm
''Curtis's Charm'' is a 1995 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by John L'Ecuyer in his directorial debut. The film won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on a short story by Jim Carroll, the film stars Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel. With the help of his friend Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), he tries to devise a talisman to protect him from the curse. Cast * Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis * Callum Keith Rennie as Jim * Rachael Crawford as Cookie * Barbara Barnes-Hopkins as Voodoo Ma * Aron Tager as Park Worker * Hugh Dillon as Spitting White Trash Thug Production Filming began in April 1995, and took place over five weeks. It was shot on black and white 16 mm film. Release ''Curtis's Charm'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Michelle Apartments
''The Michelle Apartments'' is a 1995 Canadian black comedy film directed by John Pozer and written by Ross Weber. The film stars Henry Czerny as Alex Hartwell, a government auditor sent to the small town of Walton to review the books of a chemical company. When his hotel room is mistakenly given to another client, he is forced to take a room in the Michelle Apartments, where he is drawn into a romantic attraction to his neighbour Madeline (Mary Beth Rubens), whose husband Dean (Daniel Kash) is in prison. When Dean is released and comes home to find Madeline and Alex kissing, events spiral into a murderous chaos. The cast also includes Peter Outerbridge, Nancy Beatty and Maria Vacratsis. The film premiered at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. Critical response For ''The Globe and Mail'', Rick Groen called the film a Southern Ontario Gothic, northern gothic spin on ''Something Wild (1986 film), Something Wild'', and wrote that "the menace pulls up considerably short of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry & Verlin
''Henry & Verlin'' is a 1994 Canadian film directed by Gary Ledbetter and starring Gary Farmer, Keegan MacIntosh, and Margot Kidder. Plot Set during the Great Depression, the film centers on an unlikely friendship that forms between Henry (Gary Farmer), an autistic adult with a childlike spirit, and his nine-year-old nephew Verlin (Keegan MacIntosh), who is also autistic. Henry helps Verlin to come out of his shell, but Verlin's mother mistrusts him, believing him to be dangerous. Henry's family eventually decides to institutionalize him and Verlin sinks back into himself at the sudden loss of his friend. Cast * Gary Farmer as Henry * Keegan MacIntosh as Verlin * Nancy Beatty as Minnie * Robert Joy as Ferris * Joan Orenstein as Agnes * Eric Peterson as Lovejoy * Margot Kidder as Mabel * David Cronenberg as "Doc" Fisher * Wilfrid Bray as Elvin * Neil Dainard as Noel Winetree * J. Winston Carroll as Reverend Rutherford * Diana Belshaw as Judith * Norma Edwards as Lydia * Deborah Lobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grocer's Wife
''The Grocer's Wife'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film written, produced and directed by John Pozer.''The Grocer's Wife'' at the 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. It won the inaugural for best feature film by a first-time director. entry at |
Sam & Me
''Sam & Me'' is a 1991 Canadian drama film directed by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (in her directorial debut) and written by Ranjit Chowdhry, who also stars in the film with Peter Boretski and Om Puri. The film went on to win an honourable mention at the Cannes Film Festival. Plot 23-year-old Nikhil, an Indian immigrant, has just arrived to Canada looking forward to working with his uncle at a hospital-supply business. Nikhil is begrudgingly convinced by his uncle to also be a caregiver and companion to Sam Cohen, an elderly, cantankerous Jewish man. Sam does not get along with his adult son Morris, who owns the business Nikhil works for. As an unlikely friendship forms between Nikhil and Sam, both men gain new insight into life. Cast *Ranjit Chowdhry as Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh *Peter Boretski as Sam "Zayda" Cohen *Om Puri as Chetan Parikh *Heath Lamberts as Morris Cohen *Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Baldev *Javed Jaffrey as Xavier Production On her inspiration for the film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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