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Correcting past mistakes
Not hampered by that odd American notion that cartoons are for kids, animator René Laloux’s...
Raucous Ruritanians
According to his biographer, Richard Lester is The Man Who “Framed” the Beatles. The title of...
Truck stuck in first gear
Respect for truck drivers and Canada took a hit when a so-called “Freedom Convoy” occupied...
Missing a knight’s zeal
On this day (April 15) in 1980, director William Fraker first called “action” on the...
Post-mortem romance
British writer-director Anthony Minghella had the knack of blending the comic with the dramatic. Born...
Search for a treatment
“Art has to be national to be international,” Peter Ustinov once told a late night...
Seeking rehumanization
An artist and an environmental activist, Godfrey Reggio made his directorial debut with the memorable...
Mad midwinter manhunt
On this day (February 17) in 1932, the fugitive “mad trapper of Rat River” died...
He Said, She Says
Of the more than 600 postings currently available in the Reeling Back archive, most visited by far...
Sheena meets Mansons
Founded in Vancouver in 1971, Greenpeace was already fourteen years old when Daryl Hannah first...