'Wet dream' come true for film buffs
The Festival du Nouveau Cinema is the oldest of its kind in Montreal, celebrating its 35th birthday this October. The festival opens tomorrow with Philippe Falardeau's Congorama and closes Oct. 26 with a spotlight on the Spanish cinema screening of Pedro Almodovar's Volver.
So, a couple of weeks ago a friend and I were standing in a very long line at the savoury St. Laurent/St. Cat's intersection, waiting to get into a Covenant concert. Covenant is a semi-decent Swedish synth trio favoured by those weirdos who like to wear black and dance funny.
FILM: Mitrani spills on true value of film degree
Meeting No?l Mitrani, writer, producer and director, proves to be quite the experience. He is a casual, friendly, smooth talking man and the passion he has for his work is immediately recognizable and enticing. The following questions and answers are taken from a thirty minute interview taking place at Excentris theatre in light of the 35th Festival du Nouveau Cinema and the presentation of Mitrani's first feature film, Sur les Traces d'Igor Rizzi (On the Trail of Igor Rizzi) starring Laurent Lucas, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Emmanuel Bilodeau and Isabelle Blais.
Two Time keeps readers on the edge of their seats
Two Time, the latest page-turner by Chris Knopf, details a gripping high-profile Southhampton murder. The novel is so full of charming dialogue, wit and rich description that the reader feels as if they are cozying into their own Adirondack chair right alongside the characters.
Running with Scissors delivers adventure
"Dear Journal, what can I say? He drove a cool car," remarks a certain 13-year-old boy by the name of Augusten Burroughs in the new movie adaptation of the memoir Running With Scissors. Having read Burroughs' reminiscences of a homosexual boy with a 35-year-old boyfriend growing up in western Massachusetts in the late 70s, I was readily expecting golden phrases such as the former in the film's adaptation.
Coppola brings history be... um, a-head
Audiences have been eagerly awaiting Sofia Coppola's new film since her last offering, the critically acclaimed Lost in Translation debuted. Unexpectedly, Coppola brings us from the neon lights of the streets of Tokyo to the glittering hallways of Versailles.
Blurring the line between cop and criminal
All things considered, Martin Scorsese hasn't made a decent feature film in over a decade. Gangs of New York seemed excessively brutal and utterly pointless, Bringing out the Dead sank like a stone and The Aviator, for all the accolades draped over it, hardly served its biographical purposes adequately and was a remarkably boring film.
Film. Kenneth Anger, Oct. 19 at 12 a.m.; Concordia University, Cinéma J.A. De Sève, J.W. McConnell (1400 D Maisonneune O.). The avant-garde director of films such as Scorpio Rising, Kenneth Anger will be at Concordia University presenting a public master class and to answer audience questions.
Billy Klippert - Naked and Simple Truth. Some people might be a little skeptical of the kind of music reality television shows generate, and in most cases this is understandable. Not so with Billy Klippert! This guy is loud, bitter and just happens to have made it to third place in Canadian Idol, 2003.