Two Winnipeg-spawned filmmakers who have both offered up surreal visions of the Prairie city — albeit almost 20 years apart — talked to a Toronto International Film Festival crowd this week about the reception to their latest movies and what it’s like to try to present Winnipeg to the world in film. Guy Maddin and Matthew Rankin … Read more
If you have clear skies this week, be sure to look up: It’s time for one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Perseids. While you can see a meteor on any given night — with patience and dark skies — strong meteor showers provide a rare chance to see dozens an hour. Almost … Read more
U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell and the annual increase was the smallest in a year, reinforcing views that a trend of dropping inflation was back on track in the United States, and drawing the Federal Reserve another step closer to cutting interest rates. The consumer price index dipped 0.1 per cent last month after being unchanged in May, the U.S. Labour Department’s … Read more
The Current17:46Ancient kids’ drawings show life in doomed Pompeii Amid the unearthed sculptures and grand artwork that display the affluence of the once-grand city of Pompeii before its destruction, there’s a little drawing of the outline of a hand and some stick figures on the wall of a kitchen that tell a different story. “I think … Read more
Microsoft Word is jam-packed with features and formatting options. It also has numerous ways for users to add shapes, diagrams, and other visual elements to regular word processing templates. Unbeknownst to many, you can even draw and sketch in Word. Whether you’d like to call attention to a certain part of your document, or you’d … Read more
Canada’s independent cinema industry is in crisis, its owners say, as they face mounting challenges from streaming services and restrictive Hollywood studio rules. Sixty per cent of independent movie theatre operators were at a loss at the end of their most recent fiscal year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Network of Independent … Read more
In the forests of eastern Australia, a unique annual ritual is underway. A male superb lyrebird fans out its large tail and bobs up and down amongst the foliage. It’s performing a song and dance routine in hopes of winning a potential mate. Unfortunately, this bird isn’t drawing any attention. Female lyrebirds require more complex … Read more
In 1997, after moving to the South Korean countryside from Seoul, artist Lee Me Kyeoung came across a “beautifully dilapidated” old convenience store in her neighbourhood and was compelled to paint it. The two months it took her to complete the drawing, using ink pens, was such a “joyful experience” that she decided to seek … Read more
The Current11:34A hand-drawn map with no people, but 1,642 free-roaming animals Artist Anton Thomas wanted to draw a “world map of nature” that would showcase the many different species across the globe — but at one point he was a little worried he’d run out of animals. “I thought before drawing, ‘Oh, surely I would … Read more
