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Guy Maddin Makes MY WINNIPEG Everyone’s Winnipeg

By Dan Persons
Wait, MY WINNIPEG is a documentary? You mean all the stuff about horses freezing in the river and becoming a major attraction for strolling lovers, and the law requiring that former homeowners be permitted entry into their old abodes for the night, not to mention the rooftop homeless community and the faux Nazi [...]

Brand Upon the Brain – Borderland Film Review

Guy Maddin’s latest cinematic joke is on the audience.
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN – the latest effort from cult auteur Guy Maddin – rolls into Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre with quite a cache: The New York times’ Manohla Dargis has proclaimed the film “one of the year’s 10 best,” and Kenneth Turan offers up a highly favorable [...]