What a great week for releases! Award nominated films, more than half decent comedies (this is rare), naturalistic filmmaking hits, a classic Disney re-release, and the Swedish vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In (Lat den ratte komma in). This twisted tale of a girl vampire who befriends a disturbed young boy should not be missed; nor should any of the following highlighted films. Read more »
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March 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Festival season has come to an end for both Montreal and most of the rest of the world. Now all eyes turn to the slew of critic association lists and the upcoming film award ceremonies in the new year. Airing on the 11th of January, the Golden Globes is the first major ceremony of 2009. For filmgoers with more than a passing interest in the awards (more than just red carpet glitz), take an active part by making your own decisions on the nominees with this handy viewing guide to catch the majority of films in the next few weeks. Read more »
Screenings | December 21, 2008 | Comments Off
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 »
Film Festivals | October 8, 2008 | Comments Off
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