Posts tagged: Ari Folman

DVD Releases for the Week of Jun. 23, 2009

Oops! This is coming a little later than usual; getting caught up in an upcoming move and the monitor is hidden between a pile of smelly boxes. Already out in rental shops is Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain), a Québecois film set in the north and stars an Inuit woman trying to coach her grandson through the trials of life, and teaches him to live his life with dignity. While not as high profile as Pilon’s Ce qu’il faut pour vivre, which won a bunch of awards earlier this year; those hankering for more Inuit film may want to check it out. Read more »

categories DVD Previews | datetime June 25, 2009 | Comments Off

FNC’08 Review: Waltz with Bashir

Rare it is to witness an animated film for adults that is simultaneously engaging and meaningful. Even Brad Bird, long-time advocate of the format as extra-generational, has been relegated to creating children’s films that adults can enjoy (Ratatouille, The Iron Giant). In short, the market for “cartoon” films marketed to adults is not there. Israeli director Ari Folman has managed to break this tradition by releasing Waltz with Bashir, which is one part documentary, one part meditation on the horrors of war. By using animation as a means to enlighten, in a way that no live-action film could, Folman has created a modern masterpiece in the genre. Read more »

categories Film Festivals, Film Reviews | datetime October 18, 2008 | Comments Off

Festival du Nouveau Cinema ‘08 Preview

Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema celebrates it’s 37th year as one of the city’s premiere film festivals. It’s success has been due to great organization, original and modern advertising as well as its policy of allowing all of the latest films, regardless of whether or not they have played at previous festivals around the world. So while the Montreal World Film Festival is more concerned with being the first to premiere films, the FNC places this importance secondary to showing the latest great films. Thus, not only are you more likely to hit a higher quality film, but much of what is shown is known beforehand. This year’s festival is no exception, showing some of the critically acclaimed Cannes hits and others. The festival opens with short film, Next Floor and feature-length film A Sentimental Capitalism (Un capitalisme sentimentale) - both Quebecois premieres. It closes with the Cannes festival winner, The Class (Entre les murs). Read more »

categories Film Festivals | datetime October 8, 2008 | Comments Off

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