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Michael Pitts
Michael Pitts’s intellectual rigor never overshadowed his pastoral heart. Michael had the remarkable ability to make you feel both challenged and comforted.
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Pizza’s Enduring Stigma
Pizza’s story in North America is far more complex than the simple tale of an Italian dish finding universal love. While today for many of us pizza ranks among our most beloved foods its journey from the narrow streets of Naples to North American ubiquity carries with it a persistent narrative about class, ethnicity, and…
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Two City Parks | Montreal Unfiltered
Parks matter because cities are not built of steel and ambition alone. We need the quiet space true parks give. We need green sanctuaries where the earth remembers itself, and invites us to remember it too.
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Untold Stories Behind Joseph Losey’s M Klein: When Art Meets History
Joseph Losey was orchestrating a deeply personal project that brought artists and professionals together who lived through what they were showing.
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I love pizza!
I love pizza. I don’t remember how this romance started, perhaps it was because of a stint I spent when I was young living near New Haven, Connecticut. My mother was reaching the point in her life where she was resenting cooking (though she was a great cook) and I filled in the spaces with…
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Joseph Losey: The Blacklisted American Director Who Found Redemption in European Cinema
Joseph Losey transformed from promising American filmaker to one of Europes most celebrated auteurs.
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Watching the Aldred | Montreal Unfiltered
The Art Deco Aldred building is Montreal’s own “little Empire State”.
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Alexandre Trauner and Joseph Losey: Crafting the World of M Klein
When Joseph Losey set out to make M Klein in 1976, he turned to one of Europe’s most celebrated art directors, Alexandre Trauner, to help bring wartime Paris to life. Their collaboration on this film was not just a meeting of two accomplished professionals, but a convergence of personal histories and artistic philosophies that shaped…
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Moki Cherry: Swedish Artist and Designer
Moki Cherry was a multi-discipline artist working in textiles, painting, set design, costume creation, and more.
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Reginald Beck: Invisible Artisan of Cinema
Reginald Beck (1902-1992) edited eighteen films of Losey’s, beginning in 1958 and stretching to Losey’s last, in 1985.
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The Driver’s Dilemma: My Racing Dreams in a City of Bike Paths
Every year Montreal suspends reality as Formula 1 takes over the city.
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The Artful Eye: Gerry Fisher’s Cinematographic Journey
The Established Collaborator By 1976, when Gerry Fisher began work on M Klein, he had already accumulated twenty seven film credits as Director of Photography, with this project marking his sixth collaboration with director Joseph Losey. Their professional relationship had evolved into a well-oiled machine, characterized by mutual understanding and respect that transcended the need…
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