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To Live to Sing

To Live to Sing Review: Culture at a Crossroads

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A song of resistance soars above the towering condominiums in Johnny Ma ’s To Live to Sing . The film , Ma’s sophomore feature after Old Stone , is an evocative portrait of culture at a crossroads. To Live to Sing takes the gritty realism of Ma’s debut feature a step further. Inspired by a […]
Snow - Benjamin Rivers

TCAF 2011 Review: Snow

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Heavily embedded in the culture and locations of Queen Street West, Snow , by Benjamin Rivers, is a very Toronto-centric indie graphic novel. It's the 30-something equivalent of Brian Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim saga, but with a more culturally relevant storyline and less manga-influenced art.