By Amelia Brown When Adam Nayman wrote about the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in 2009, his editor at Eye Weekly wasn’t happy. The review criticized the movie’s “fake feminism,” arguing the brutal violence against a woman was rendered moot after she beat the perpetrator even more viciously. But the editor wondered whether these criticisms… Continue reading Camera, Set, Activism! Ideology goes to the movies
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Fade to black: Is it over for the newspaper film critic?
By Miro Rodriguez Peter Howell celebrated his 13th birthday at Toronto’s Glendale Cinerama in 1969 watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s still his favourite movie. The next year, he used the money he earned delivering the Toronto Telegram to buy a book called The Making of Kubrick’s 2001. “Whatever early instinct I had to be a movie critic was… Continue reading Fade to black: Is it over for the newspaper film critic?
If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?
By Harriet Luke [doptg id=”1″] Last month, convicted killer Kyle Halbauer talked to reporter Dan Zakreski about how he started dealing cocaine. The exclusive CBC Saskatchewan interview was a revealing look at Saskatoon’s drug trade and it’s the kind of in-depth story that managing director John Agnew would love to do more often. But the report… Continue reading If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?
What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
By Lisa Coxon When Rod Mickleburgh was a labour reporter for The Vancouver Sun in the 1970s, he worked the night shift. Because that meant no deadlines, he’d sit at his desk, call union leaders at home and have long chats. After more than a decade on the beat, Mickleburgh had the sources and the instincts to… Continue reading What we lose when papers give up on beat reporting
‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson
By Shannon Clarke [doptg id=”2″] “They’re not going to like this,” thought copy editor Cheryl Parker as she walked Roy Peterson’s last cartoon through The Vancouver Sun newsroom in 2009. The caricature showed Peterson dressed as Father Time, holding a newspaper with the headline “Newspaper terminates editorial cartoonist” and a sign that read, “The End Is Nigh!” Parker… Continue reading ‘The company does not love you’: the editorial cartoon after Roy Peterson