Film: Potiche (2011) Director: François Ozon Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Jérémie Renier, Judith Godrèche ?Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men?bring them softness, teach them how to cry.? Joan Baez From Earth Mother to Political Saviour, 70s-Style There… Read more »
Film: Rubber (Realitism Films 2010) Writer/Director: Quentin Dupieux Cast: Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Roxane Mesquida, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz Genre: Drama We Go ?Round and ?Round and ?Round in the Tire Game Robert the abandoned tire awakens to his own unique reality: he’s alone in a gravelly desert somewhere in the American southwest…. Read more »
Update on AUSU awards program AUSU has long had a student awards program to recognize outstanding students and assist those in need. Over the course of the last couple years, though, we’ve sought to revamp and revise our awards portfolio to improve existing awards and add new ones! We now have a wide array of… Read more »
September on the farm is not corn roasts and crunchy leaves. It’s not the last hurrah of summer, complete with a Labour Day weekend getaway. It’s not fairs or festivals. Any farmers worth their salt don’t need a calendar; they know in their bones what time of year it is. There is uneasiness, a tingling…. Read more »
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Have you heard the news about the latest Elvis sighting? Seen the headline about the alien invasion? Those are extreme examples, but they remind us that, not so long ago, the difference between legitimate news and tabloid trash was easy to spot. Today, as traditional media models contract and alternative ?news? sources flourish, readers must… Read more »
Update on AUSU awards program AUSU has long had a student awards program to recognize outstanding students and assist those in need. Over the course of the last couple years, though, we’ve sought to revamp and revise our awards portfolio to improve existing awards and add new ones! We now have a wide array of… Read more »
I was as sad as the next person to learn of Jack Layton’s death from a second, unnamed cancer. Not totally surprised given his emaciated appearance at what would be his final press conference in late July. I couldn’t help wondering whether the rigours and demands of the election campaign and his dogged determination to… Read more »
Film: Made in Dagenham (Paramount Pictures 2010) Screenplay: Billy Ivory Director: Nigel Cole Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays Genre: Docudrama ?In June 1968 women sewing machinists in the Ford car plant in Dagenham took a stand for equal pay in a strike that… Read more »
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