Tag: movies

  • Video stores alive and well…for now

    Video stores alive and well…for now

    Remember Blockbuster? The once-ubiquitous video rental franchise has only really been gone for a year or so, a victim of the new entertainment guard like Netflix. With the advent of online streaming and quasi-legal torrenting, one would assume that video rentals in general are a thing of the past. But one rental store owner –…

  • Arab cinema comes to Western

    Arab cinema comes to Western

    The lights go down in the quiet screening room in the basement of the University College building at Western University. The room is empty except for Sam Khalil, a friend of hers, and a curious journalism student. “Maybe we should wait five minutes,” said Khalil, teaching assistant for Arabic 1030: Arabic for Beginners. But nobody…