Cinema Scope scoped

It's always a pleasant surprise when a Canadian magazine enjoys deserved regard elsewhere. So it was with a mention in the New York Times about the magazine Cinema Scope.

Edited by Mark Peranson with contributions by an international roster of writers, this bimonthly Canadian magazine advocates for a passionate, political and purist engagement with the movies. The cover of Issue 27 displays a T-shirt reading "Vote for Pedro," not in reference to the cult of "Napoleon Dynamite," but to the Portuguese cineaste Pedro Costa, whose "Colossal Youth" was much abused at the recent Cannes Film Festival but vigorously championed in the magazine's pages. This Cannes-heavy edition also goes to bat for Richard Kelly's reviled "Southland Tales," and spills happy ink on the latest by Richard Linklater among much else. A generous sample is available at cinema-scope.com, but you'll definitely want to nab a hard copy to read what Rob Nelson has to say about "Marie Antoinette."

The quarterly, published in Toronto, offers both a print edition and additional web-only articles. The print edition sells for $20 a year and the magazine can be reached at ( 416 ) 889-5430 or email info@cinema-scope.com. Its mailing address is Cinema Scope Publishing, 465 Lytton Blvd, Toronto, ON, M5N 1S5.