Movies
The Island President
OTTAWA PREMIERE | PEOPLES CHOICE, BEST DOCUMENTARY, TIFF 2011 Having brought democracy to his homeland, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives now faces an even greater challenge: rising waters caused by global warming threaten to literally sink his low-lying nation. Following him to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference, Shenk’s doc
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
MAYFAIRS 80TH BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER | 8 GREAT DECADES: THE 80S We continue our celebration of the Mayfairs 80th birthday with your picks for the best films of the 80s. The Ark of the Covenant. The Holy Grail. And some glowing rocks? Temple of Doom may lack a cool artifact,
The Hunter
A haunted, solitary mercenary (Willem Dafoe at his craggiest) is hired to track down the Tasmanian Tiger, a creature believed extinct for nearly a century. On the hunt, he rediscovers his own believed-extinct humanity, and the film grows from a simple tale of man versus beast to a complicated parable
The Hunger Games
Are the odds in favour of a good time if you come see the big-screen adaptation of The Hunger Games? The consensus is yes: It has epic spectacle, yearning romance, suspense that won’t quit and a shining star in Jennifer Lawrence, who gives us a female warrior worth cheering. (Rolling
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
PRESENTED BY THE NOBEL WOMENS INITIATIVE | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Pamela Yates astonishing new film doesn’t just document history it makes history. Part political thriller, part memoir this riveting, haunting tale people determined to reveal a genocide and bring a malevolent dictator to justice will transport and change you.
God Bless America
OTTAWA PREMIERE | OFFICIAL SELECTION, SXSW 2012 The latest pitch-black comedy from director Goldthwait (Sleeping Dogs Lie) follows a terminally ill man who decides to better society by eliminating its most repellant citizens including American Idol contestants, double-parkers and (thank you!) people who text during movies. A violent and
Footnote
BEST SCREENPLAY, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2011 An academic rivalry between a father and his son is at the centre of this story, which plays out as a series of digressions (or, if you like, footnotes). A complicated, and thus compelling [tale] of a relationship held sacred in most cultures [that]
The Deep Blue Sea
NOMINEE, BEST FILM, LONDON FILM FESTIVAL A judges young wife (Rachael Weisz) has an affair with a Royal Air Force pilot (Tom Hiddleston, most recently of The Avengers) amid the uncertainty of post-WWII Britain in this adaptation of Terrence Rattigans stage play. Crafted with patient elegance this is a mesmeric,
Chimpanzee
Disney returns with another stunningly-shot nature documentary this time following an orphaned baby chimp and its impressive stuff taming its beasts-in-the-wild raw material into a family-friendly (though not totally sugarcoated) heroes-and-villains adventure. (Village Voice)
Bully
The MPAA tried to push this film around by slapping it with an R rating that would preclude wide distribution. But it stood up for itself, attained a PG-13, and now everyone can see this moving and troubling (NY Times) doc about the brutal physical and psychological abuse many children