Movies
Blue Eyed Giant
This is a story of the great Turkish poet Nâzim Hikmet, the poet of struggle and combat, the poet of passion and love. Having adopted communism as his life philosophy, he reflects his thinking in his art, and is continuously chased by the police as a result. Every move he
The Monuments Men
Dont go to The Monuments Men expecting to see a flippant WWII Oceans Fourteen. Its deliciously entertaining, but deeper than that. Though George Clooney is leading an all-star crew through a daring heist rescuing occupied Europes greatest art treasures from the Nazis this is a sturdy, old-school, big-scale
Le Week-End
Love runs deep, but not smoothly, in “Le Week-End,” a thoughtful and emotional comedy-drama about the strains of a decades-long marriage. Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay Duncan), of Birmingham, England, are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a trip to Paris. The trip is something the couple really cant afford,
7 Boxes
Ambition and resourcefulness are of the essence in this zippy thriller from the Paraguayan filmmaking duo of Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori. The movie may lack the funds for elite-level production values, but it makes a vital and commanding bid for world-class status. That same dynamic
Journey To The West
One rule of comedy is to make it big. Instead of a single pie to the face, try a fusillade and a slippery shoving match. Rather than a couple of anchormen trading insults, why not a street fight? And when it comes to a battle royal, you
Tim’s Vermeer
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, (Video Toaster, LightWave, TriCaster) attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (“Girl with a Pearl Earring”) manage to paint so photo-realistically – 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research
Special I.D.
OTTAWA PREMIERE Martial arts master Donnie Yen (Ip Man) is a special undercover agent who is dangerously close to being revealed to the crime syndicate he is investigating. “Insanely dangerous stunts? Check. Obnoxious evil baddie? Check. Intricately choreographed fight sequences that are the film’s raison d’être? Check, check, check. ”
C.R.A.Z.Y.
A middle-class teenage misfit living in ’70s era Montreal dreams of abandoning his familiar hometown surroundings to seek a brighter future in director Jean-Marc Vallée’s character-driven drama. A sexually-confused Christmas Day baby who likes to march to the beat of his own drummer, Zachary Beaulieu (Marc-André Grondin) nevertheless longs to
Algonquin
*DIRECTOR JONATHAN HAYES IN ATTENDANCE Jake, a bored high school teacher, reunites with his estranged father, Leif, who is a once famed but washed up travel adventure writer. Leif offers Jake the chance to co-author what he claims will be his masterpiece; a book about Algonquin Park. When things take
Husband, The
A darkly comic drama about a man left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for cheating on him with a minor. *** Somewhere in the low end of his 30s, life went offside for Henry Andreas (Maxwell McCabe-Lokos), and The Husband is the story of