Movies
Step Up to the Plate
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL If you found the family dynamics of Jiro Dreams of Sushi fascinating, youll find this doc which follows three-Michelin-star chef Michel Bras as he cedes control of his restaurant to his son appetizing, too. Made with a hypnotic elegance worthy
Warren Miller’s Flow State
PRESENTED BY THE BYTOWN SKI CLUB Wax up and strap in for the 2012 Warren Miller ski movie, featuring crisp skiing and boarding action captured in Alaska, Austria, California, Colorado, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and Utah. Come with us to a place where the faster you go, the slower things appear.
You’ve Been Trumped
WINNER, MAYSLES BROTHERS AWARD, DENVER INTL FILM FESTIVAL If you need yet another reason to hate Donald Trump, this doc about the Donalds plan to build a golf course on one of Scotlands last wilderness areas, and the local heroes who oppose him is a must-see. Guaranteed to
You’ve Been Trumped
WINNER, MAYSLES BROTHERS AWARD, DENVER INTL FILM FESTIVAL If you need yet another reason to hate Donald Trump, this doc about the Donalds plan to build a golf course on one of Scotlands last wilderness areas, and the local heroes who oppose him is a must-see. Guaranteed to
Easy Money
OFFICIAL SELECTION, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Twisting together three stories of a paroled prisoner, a Serbian mob enforcer and an ambitious young wannabe criminal this taut, closely observed crime drama is anchored by a trio of stellar performances [and] a script that balances style, smarts and surprising depth
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OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, FANTASIA 2012 PRESENTED BY ZOMBIEINFO.COM Nine of todays hottest young horror directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Chad Villella, Ti West and Adam Wingard take the found-footage horror genre to its logical conclusion in this
Easy Money
OFFICIAL SELECTION, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Twisting together three stories of a paroled prisoner, a Serbian mob enforcer and an ambitious young wannabe criminal this taut, closely observed crime drama is anchored by a trio of stellar performances [and] a script that balances style, smarts and surprising depth
Pusher
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, FILM4 FRIGHTFEST 2012 This remake of Nicolas Winding Refns (Drive) little-seen breakout film about a drug dealer whose life spins out of control over the course of a week is a fast-paced, slam-bang-ish, and tightly-coiled neo-noir that… respect[s] the first film while forging something darkly
Nightmare City
Genre stalwart Hugo Stiglitz goes up against a literal army of zombies in this living-dead fever-dream from the director of Cannibal Ferox. Both the crypto-zombies of Nightmare City and the film itself are fast-paced sons of bitches without so much as a whisper of a thought inside their heads. (Slant)
Nightmare City
Genre stalwart Hugo Stiglitz goes up against a literal army of zombies in this living-dead fever-dream from the director of Cannibal Ferox. Both the crypto-zombies of Nightmare City and the film itself are fast-paced sons of bitches without so much as a whisper of a thought inside their heads. (Slant)