“Stacey Tanenbaum’s documentary TOUGH OLD BROADS celebrates three trailblazers, who reinforce that change often comes slowly, and is inspired in the unlikeliest places and circumstances.” - Jith Paul
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"At its core, VINCENT ON THE ISLAND encourages audiences to go outside and play, and is a reminder that creativity doesn’t need permission or resources — only imagination and fun." - Catharine Horsley
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“A USEFUL GHOST is a quirky and unpredictable, and oddly sincere exploration of grief, oppression, capitalism, reincarnation and ghost-busting.” - Jith Paul
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Beware the warnings of soothsayers. #IdesofMarch
"SHOES IN THE CITY is beautiful and meaningful, while stylish and leaves you in a dreamlike daze." - Alvin Tsang
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Over 400 years later, Shakespeare’s words still hit. Sir Ian McKellen on the Steven Colbert Show (Feb 4, 2026)
The monologue finds Sir Thomas More responding to riots in the streets, where the people are rejecting a wave of immigrants who arrived in London.
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In a tribute to actor and writer Catherine O’Hara, singer-songwriter and actor Noah Reid performed Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,” filmed in Toronto, Ontario. Ms. O’Hara received a 2021 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. (November 2021)
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I just read that The Brass Monkey is shutting their doors. The bar was the location for a good portion our film "A Clean Slate" in 2014. I have so many fond memories of this shoot.
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300+ 🚀
My year in movies : letterboxd.com/jithpaul/dia...
All ten episodes of a documentary series I had a small part in putting together are now available, just in time for a holiday binge watch!
Inside the Supreme Court of Canada - 150 Years of the Highest Court in the Land
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Disappointing
Ottawa’s new central library, Ādisōke, won’t open in 2026
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Hot take. Joachim Trier: La La Landing the ending of Sentimental Value would have been wild.
A great film. Check it out if you have the opportunity.
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To know what it feels like to be forgotten is to understand the value of remembrance. From my heart, thank you. Your sacrifice will never fade.
7/7
Looking back, I’m filled with pride. Every time I spot the OCan logo or its specific colour combination, I’m reminded of the history, passion, intention, and pride behind it.
6/7
Seeing the festival name that I came up with appearing on a cinema marquee and watching indie films from across Canada projected from the same DCP server housing other major studio releases was beyond my 2011 dreams.
5/7
OCan launched in 2015 as a non-profit with partners, held its first screening in 2017, went online for a couple years during the pandemic, and returned to in-person screenings at the ByTowne in 2022.
4/7
Moving to independent cinemas was a gamble that paid off—our first Mayfair screening sold out and made that evening’s local television news. But after ten self-funded events, this side-hustle needed to be fuelled by more than one person’s passion to be sustainable.
3/7
We would invariably hear “I had no idea people in the city made movies!” at our small public screenings.
2/7
The dream began in 2011 with the Treepot Festival. At the time, I was a one of a small group of independent filmmakers who worked on each other’s films using the video feature on our digital still photo cameras.
1/7
This photo captures the moment I kicked off OCan24 last November—my final year with the festival, a decision I had quietly shared with the board months earlier.
Photo: kkc.ottawa
November 2024
If you missed it at the International Film Festival of Ottawa or loved it and want to see it again, you can catch "To a Land Unknown" at the @bytownecinema.bsky.social this week.
It's official:
"On April 30th, 2027, we’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars with a re-release of the 1977 classic back for a limited time, in theaters everywhere."
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Here are the results of the photo restoration project I worked on recently. Most of the photos from the engagement and wedding of my parents, Keith and Shelagh, were thankfully in very good shape.
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“When I see your face, I see wrinkles and children that look like you. Where does that leave us?”
You've done it again, Celine Song🇨🇦 (writer/director) #Materialists
Congratulations
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Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next James Bond film for Amazon MGM Studios. 🇨🇦
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The "This is Ottawa" podcast episode on demolition close to where I work:
A 14-storey office tower at the corner of O’Connor and Slater streets is about to be destroyed. But how do you bring down a building in such a densely packed area?
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Someone yelling “What?!” at the reveal in Empire Strikes Back was everything!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay @bytownecinema.bsky.social
While I am not a big fan of the prequel trilogy (ep 1, 2, 3), I think the teaser poster for The Phantom Menace (1999) is one of the best in the series. Happy Star Wars Day.
"The last time I’ve seen my brother. Last time I’ve seen the sun. For a few hours, we was free."
#sinners
Ryan Coogler, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Michael B. Jordan, Ludwig Göransson and everyone else: Thank you.
This scene where Ben Stein explains the effects of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act hit differently on a rewatch of Ferris Bueller's Day Off yesterday.
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