UBC Arts and Culture District present THE SCENE
A free performing & visual arts event held as part of UBC’s campus-wide Imagine Day.
Film scholar and critic Mark Harris Remembered at UBC Memorial
“LAUGHTER, HUGS, A few tears, and some great film moments were on the shooting schedule at a memorial for film scholar and long-time Georgia Straight movie reviewer Mark Harris on Saturday (April 6).” http://www.straight.com
Alumnus Torrance Coombs Takes Lead in New TV Series
Our alumnus Torrance Coombs takes a lead role as “Bash” in the new TV series Reign. Reign will transport viewers back into history to tell the fictional story of Mary, Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane). The story begins with her arrival back at the French Court after surviving an assassination attempt.
For Mark Harris (1951-2013) a eulogy by Brian McIlroy
The word eulogy is from the ancient Greek, meaning praise or good words, spoken or written for one who has recently died. I knew Mark Harris for nearly 24 years, and I have nothing but good words to impart. Sadly, the man, noted lately for his Tilleyesque hat and an urban safari sartorial splendour, has […]
What can you say not say about Mark Harris? By George McWhirter
The man was a bustling book, a living almanac, a talking trove of film lore, who loved uncovering vendettas: Hollywood liberal directors’, who had it in for John Wayne, directors who made Wayne into a hidden assassin in “The Man who Killed Liberty Valance.” Mark turned my head upside down on how I saw that […]
Mark Harris, dedicated UBC Theatre & Film faculty member, dies at 62.
The Department of Theatre and Film is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Mark Harris, a UBC alumnus, long-time faculty member, and wonderful colleague.