Robert Liwanag

2 months ago | broadview.org | Robert Liwanag

In 1968, Leonard Fife, a fictional young American college professor, crosses the border from Vermont into Quebec to avoid being drafted in the Vietnam War. He later moves farther east, directs an acclaimed documentary on Agent Orange testing in New Brunswick, and, over the next five decades, establishes himself as one of Canada’s greatest filmmakers — equal parts trailblazer and anti-war hero. At least, that’s how his audience perceives him.

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Trial by Fire  By Robert Liwanag Few senior dogs are as energetic as 13-year-old Sedze, a white and beige Shih Tzu whose name means ‘my heart’ in the Dogrib language, spoken by the Tlicho First Nation. Aptly so, as Sedze has been a beloved member of the Yellowknife-based Cumming family since she was eight weeks old. Despite being in her golden years, Sedze can still keep up with Axel, the family’s nine-year-old German shepherd, on long walks.

Oct 31, 2024 | broadview.org | Robert Liwanag

“Well, I’d say this is a pretty fair vision of hell,” says Monsignor O’Malley (Brían F. O’Byrne) of the noisy renovations taking place in the Vatican Palace. “Don’t be blasphemous,” retorts Thomas Lawrence (a superb Ralph Fiennes). “Hell arrives tomorrow — when we bring in the cardinals.” In the opening moments of Conclave, German-born director Edward Berger’s latest drama, Lawrence learns that the pope has just died.

Jan 19, 2024 | readersdigest.ca | Robert Liwanag

Few senior dogs are as energetic as 13-year-old Sedze, a white and beige Shih Tzu whose name means "my heart" in the Dogrib language, spoken by the Tlicho First Nation. Aptly so, as Sedze has been a beloved member of the Yellowknife-based Cumming family since she was eight weeks old. Despite being in her golden years, Sedze can still keep up with Axel, the family's nine-year-old German shepherd, on long walks.

Jan 10, 2024 | broadview.org | Robert Liwanag

“When I was a toddler and you decided to work abroad, did you know that it would be 13 years until we saw each other again?” ponders the homesick Ginette, a 16-year-old who has moved from Malolos, Philippines, to Waterloo, Ont., to live with her mother.