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- ↑ "True confections: Sondra Gotlieb story embellished". Ottawa Citizen , December 6, 1991.
- ↑ "Singer: Cracking wise and felling lies". Toronto Star , September 2, 1991.
- ↑ "Film on Gotlieb book takes a few detours". Ottawa Citizen , August 24, 1991.
- 1 2 "True Confections shows there's more to Winnipeg than boys". Montreal Gazette , August 25, 1991.
- ↑ "Festival Of Festivals fills in its open spaces". Toronto Star , August 21, 1991.
- ↑ "Film-maker moves easily from comics to violence against women". Ottawa Citizen , April 13, 1995.
- ↑ "French-Canadian films steal Genie show: Cronenberg's Naked Lunch leads the pack with 11 nominations". The Globe and Mail , October 14, 1992.
