‘A kindness in the cold’: 2 films screened at TIFF offer distinct views of Winnipeg | CBC News

‘A kindness in the cold’: 2 films screened at TIFF offer distinct views of Winnipeg | CBC News

A record-breaking four Manitoba-produced features were given a place at the table at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, but only three are actually set in Winnipeg.  Rumours, a satire from Winnipeggers Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, is set in Germany and was filmed in Hungary. Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language is set in Winnipeg, but an…

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How a burlesque-dancing, bass-playing actor from Hamilton became air-guitar champion of the world | CBC News

How a burlesque-dancing, bass-playing actor from Hamilton became air-guitar champion of the world | CBC News

“I can’t judge … but that is a little weird.”  That’s what Zachary “Ichabod Fame” Knowles’ said when students he was teaching to dance Burlesque recommended he try air guitar competitions — contests in which people mime playing the guitar on stage. “They laughed and said to me, ‘Yes, it is the most ridiculous thing that you can…

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